Amy Klobuchar Runs for Minnesota Governor

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) “launched her campaign for Minnesota governor, seeking to protect her party’s hold on the office after Tim Walz abandoned his bid for a third term,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reports.

“The entrance of Klobuchar fundamentally alters the dynamic of the governor’s race. Instead of facing a polarizing second-term incumbent in Walz, Republicans are now bracing for a likely battle against the DFL’s most popular statewide politician. Klobuchar has won each of her Senate elections by wide margins and developed a reputation in Washington as a competent and ideologically moderate senator.”