Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

Senator Amy Klobuchar is the senior senator from Minnesota. Elected in 2006, she was the first elected female senator from Minnesota. She has won all her elections by over 20-point margins. She has cultivated a "Midwestern-nice" image, with her 2015 memoir titled The Senator Next Door. She graduated from Yale University and went to University of Chicago Law School. In 1998, she was elected county attorney for Hennepin County.

At the end of the 114th Congress, Klobuchar had passed more legislation than any other senator. She was named by the Center for Effective Lawmaking one of the most effective senators in the 115th Congress, having put forth 69 pieces of legislation, eight of which passed the Senate and four of which became law. In 2017, she was listed among the top 10 senators with the highest approval ratings. She is currently a member of the Judiciary Committee (ranking member of the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights subcommittee), the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee among others.

Klobuchar's most common bill areas are Crime and Law Enforcement and Health. She has a record of working across the aisle, with 75% of the bills and resolutions she sponsored in the 115th Congress having non-Democrat co-sponsors. She supports universal healthcare, lowering prescription drug prices, making child care more affordable and paid family and medical leave. In 2017, GovTrack ranked her as #11 most conservative out of the 46 Senate Democrats.

Klobuchar announced her presidential candidacy on Feb. 10. She gained national attention during the Kavanaugh hearings when she told the story of her father's alcoholism and questioned Kavanugh about his drinking habits. However, she has been under some controversy lately for mistreating her staff. Her office has one of the highest rates of staff turnover in the Senate, and she has apparently been having difficulty finding staff for her 2020 run.