Wednesday, 13/02/2019 09:37 (GMT+7)
Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar has announced at a snowy rally in Minnesota that she will be running for President of the United States in the 2020 election.
(Source: EPA)
Ms. Klobuchar, born in 1960, is the fifth woman currently serving in Congress to announce her candidacy.
"On an island in the middle of the mighty Mississippi, in our nation's heartland, at a time when we must heal the heart of our democracy and renew our commitment to the common good, I stand before you as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, the daughter of a teacher and a newspaperman, the first woman elected to the United States Senate from the state of Minnesota, to announce my candidacy for president of the United States," Klobuchar said.
Amy Klobuchar is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Minnesota's affiliate of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the Hennepin County Attorney.
Klobuchar was first elected to the Senate in 2006, becoming Minnesota's first elected female United States Senator, and was reelected in 2012 and 2018. In 2009 and 2010, she was described as a "rising star" in the Democratic Party.
During her speech, Ms. Klobuchar declared as central concerns to her campaign a list of causes often celebrated in the Democratic Party, including removing money from politics, addressing climate change, expanding voting rights, and improving healthcare./.
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