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United States Senator Amy Klobuchar

On January 4, 2007, Amy Klobuchar became the first woman elected to represent the State of Minnesota in the United States Senate. Before being elected to public office, she served as a partner in Minnesota's Dorsey & Whitney and Gray, Plant, Mooty law firms.

From 1998-2006, Senator Klobuchar served as the prosecutor for Hennepin County. During her eight years as County Attorney, Amy focused on the prosecution of violent and career criminals. She was a leading advocate for successful passage of Minnesota's first felony DWI law, for which she received a leadership award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Her safe schools initiative, community prosecution efforts, and criminal justice reforms earned national awards, including from the U.S. Department of Justice under both the Clinton and Bush administrations. She was elected by her colleagues to serve as president of the Minnesota County Attorneys Association.Since her election to the Senate in 2006, Amy has been a strong advocate for Minnesota and has advanced issues that promote economic competitiveness. She has been a leading advocate of the effort to repeal the medical device tax in the Affordable Care Act. Senator Klobuchar was also recently appointed by President Obama to serve on the President\\u2019s Export Council. In addition, as chair of the Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion, Senator Klobuchar has been a leading voice in calling for an innovation agenda that can help grow our economy and create jobs in America.She has authored legislation to help small businesses tap into new markets abroad and help students get the technical training they need for the jobs of the future. She was part of a group of senators who fought for the creation of a bipartisan debt reduction commission to address our nation's looming debt crisis. She continues to work with a bipartisan group of senators to put in place a long-term plan to responsibly reduce our debt in a balanced way.Sen. Klobuchar graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and the University of Chicago Law School. She is married to John Bessler and they have a daughter, Abigail, who is 17 and is in her senior year of high school.