Amy J. Klobuchar, '85: Re-Elected as Minnesota’s Senior US Senator

Klobuchar wins re-election bid for Minnesota

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota’s senior U.S. senator, won her re-election bid Tuesday night in a race called in her favor early in the evening. She was consistently ahead of Republican challenger Jim Newberger by half a million votes, locking in her third six-year term.

Close to midnight, 3,570 of 4,113 precincts reported Klobuchar leading with 61 percent.

Minnesota DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin congratulated Klobuchar on her victory in a race that was never close.

“I’m proud to call Amy a friend and proud that she’ll continue to bring her personal brand of bipartisan leadership and her unflagging commitment to the people of this state back to Washington where she’ll keep working to improve the lives of the people back home in Minnesota and across our nation,” Martin said.

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