Amy Jean Klobuchar (pronounced "KLOH-buh-shar") (born May 25, 1960) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman elected to the Senate from Minnesota and is one of two female senators in the 110th United States Congress freshman class. Formerly county attorney of Hennepin County, she was the chief prosecutor for the most populous county in Minnesota. Klobuchar was legal advisor for former U.S. vice president Walter Mondale and partner in two prominent law firms.

Career

Main article: Minnesota United States Senate election, 2006 2006 Senate election
As of November 14, 2006, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) named Amy Klobuchar to the following committees:
This continues the practice of Minnesota having two spots on the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, taking Mark Dayton's spot and joining Minnesota's senior Senator Norm Coleman. Klobuchar said, "the Ag Committee is something I told the people of the state was the committee I wanted to join, because the farm bill is up in 2007. So that's critically important to Minnesota." Klobuchar stated she would be "98th in Senate seniority, a ranking which affects everything from office space to committee assignments." A late January, 2007 Survey USA poll showed Klobuchar to be popular in Minnesota; her approval rating was 56%. [1]

Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Congressional Joint Economic Committee Committee placement
In March 2007, Klobuchar went on an official trip to Iraq with fellow colleagues, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Klobuchar returned with a pessimistic note for the Iraqi cabinet, but noted that U.S. troops were completing their job and work working arduously to train the Iraqis, but voiced her frustration with Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.
As of December 2007, 60% of Minnesotans approve of the job she is doing, with 34% disapproving.[2]

U.S. Senate
As a Democrat, Klobuchar's political positions have generally been in line with modern liberalism in the United States. She is pro-choice, supports LGBT rights, favors federal social services such as Social Security and universal health care, and is critical of President Bush's Iraq War.
Klobuchar opposed President Bush's plan to increase troop levels in Iraq in January 2007.

Electoral history