Amy Klobuchar 2020 presidential campaign
The 2020 presidential campaign of Amy Klobuchar, the senior United States senator from Minnesota and former Hennepin County attorney, was formally announced on February 10, 2019, in Minneapolis. Prior to her announcement, Klobuchar had been discussed as a potential candidate for the office by multiple news publications.
| Amy Klobuchar 2020 presidential campaign | |
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| Candidate | Amy Klobuchar U.S. Senator from Minnesota (2007–present) County Attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota (1999–2007) |
| Affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Announced | February 10, 2019 |
| Suspended | March 2, 2020 |
| Headquarters | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Key people | Justin Buoen (campaign manager) Julia Kennedy (deputy campaign manager) Michael Schultz (national finance director) Rosa Po (policy director) Nathan Nye (digital director) Carlie Waibel (national press secretary) Elise Convy (deputy national finance director) Sam Clark (special advisor) Jeff Blodgett (special advisor) Brigit Helgen (senior advisor) |
| Receipts | US$28,950,479.25 (December 31, 2019) |
| Slogan | Let’s get to work (unofficial) |
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Klobuchar pitched herself as a moderate choice within the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Her platform included investments in infrastructure, a public option for health insurance as a pathway to universal healthcare, ensuring election security, overturning the Citizens United ruling, protecting online consumers by requiring transparency of terms, and promoting agriculture to spur rural job growth. She opposed free four-year college tuition, a Green New Deal, or immediate single-payer healthcare as being unrealistic.
Klobuchar suspended her campaign on March 2, 2020, following poor results in the South Carolina primary and one day before Super Tuesday. She endorsed Joe Biden for the presidency. Her failure to gain significant support among primary voters was attributed to competition with a large number of moderate competitors, a failure to attract nonwhite voters, and a lack of campaign funds.