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Amy Klobuchar's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

121 4th Street South
Moorhead, MN 56560

1130 1/2 7th Street Northwest
Room 212
Rochester, MN 55901

1200 Washington Avenue South, Room 250
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Olcott Plaza, Room 105
820 9th Street North
Virginia, MN 55792

425 Dirksen Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510

Full Name:

Amy Jean Klobuchar

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: John; 1 Child: Abigail

Birth Date:

05/25/1960

Birth Place:

Plymouth, MN

Home City:

Minneapolis, MN

Religion:

Congregationalist

JD, University of Chicago Law School, 1985

BA, Political Science, Yale University, 1982

Chair of Steering Committee, Democratic Leadership, United States Senate, 2015-present

Senator, United States Senate, Minnesota, 2006-present

Candidate, President of the United States, 2020

Candidate, United States Senate, Minnesota, 2006, 2012, 2018

Former Member, Joint Committee on the Library, United States Congress

Former Co-Chair, Medical Device Caucus, United States Senate

Former Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Former Member, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Security, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety, United States Senate

Former Chief Prosecutor, Hennepin County

Former Legal Advisor, Walter Mondale

County Attorney, Hennepin County, 1999-2006

Partner, Gray, Plant, and Mooty, 1993-1998

Attorney/Partner, Dorsey & Whitney, 1985-1993

Member, President's Export Council, present

Former President, Minnesota County Attorneys Association

Former Associate Editor, University of Chicago Law Review

Awards:

Woman To Watch, American Prospect;
Best in Congress, Working Mother Magazine;
Award for her work to fight sexual assault in the military, Service Women's Action Network;
Outstanding Member of the Senate Award, National Narcotic Officers' Associations' Coalition;
Above and Beyond Award, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve;
Outstanding Member of the Senate Award, National Narcotic Officers' Associations' Coalition;
Above and Beyond Award, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
Order of Merit, First Class; President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Father's Name:

Jim

Father's Occupation:

Newspaper Reporter

Mother's Name:

Rose

Mother's Occupation:

Elementary School Teacher

Publications:

"Uncovering the Dome"
"The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland"

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