Amy Klobuchar and Ben Schierer
TLDR: Amy Klobuchar has represented Minnesota in the U.S. Senate since January 2007 and was the first woman elected to the Senate from Minnesota. Before the Senate she led the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, the state's largest prosecutor's office, for eight years. Her campaign says she is the granddaughter of an iron ore miner and the daughter of a newspaperman and a teacher. She lives in Minneapolis and won the DFL primary for governor in August 2026, with former Fergus Falls Mayor Ben Schierer as her running mate.
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Amy Klobuchar and Ben SchiererDemocratic-Farmer-Labor- Running for
- Governor and Lieutenant Governor
- Now
- U.S. Senator from Minnesota (since 2007)
- Work
- U.S. Senator
- Lives in
- Minneapolis
- Background
- U.S. Senator from Minnesota since Jan. 3, 2007; current Senate term runs to 2031 ballotpedia.org
- First woman elected to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate klobuchar.senate.gov
- Hennepin County Attorney (head of the state's largest prosecutor's office) for eight years before the Senate klobuchar.senate.gov
- Bachelor's degree, Yale University; law degree, University of Chicago Law School ballotpedia.org
- Before holding office, was the leading advocate for one of the first state laws guaranteeing 48-hour hospital stays for new mothers and babies amyklobuchar.com
- In office
- Secured full federal funding to rebuild the I-35W bridge within 13 months of its 2007 collapse (per her Senate office) klobuchar.senate.gov
- Led the bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which was signed into law (per her Senate office) klobuchar.senate.gov
- Provisions from her bill letting Medicare negotiate drug prices were signed into law in 2022 (per her Senate office) klobuchar.senate.gov
- Ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee; worked on several bipartisan farm bills klobuchar.senate.gov
- Website
- amyklobuchar.com
- [email protected]
- Raised
- $12,565,362, $3,519,597 on hand cfb.mn.gov
- Interviews
- KAXE 2026 Election Guide
- Also running
- Steven Young and Jane Kirby (Green), Lisa Demuth and Ryan Wilson (Republican)
Ben Schierer, for lieutenant governorBen Schierer is a former two-term mayor of Fergus Falls who grew up there and lives there with his wife and five children. He co-owned Union Pizza & Brewing Company and TÖAST in downtown Fergus Falls and now works with the West Central Initiative, a regional economic-development nonprofit. He had been running for state auditor before joining Klobuchar's ticket in May 2026.
- Fergus Falls City Council (elected 2004); mayor (elected 2016, reelected 2020) amyklobuchar.com
- Co-owned Union Pizza & Brewing Company and TÖAST in downtown Fergus Falls fox21online.com
- Works with the West Central Initiative; wrote the book "Perpich: a Minnesota Original" amyklobuchar.com
- Announced as Klobuchar's running mate May 29, 2026, after launching a run for state auditor fox21online.com
Q: Where does Klobuchar stand on taxes and cost of living?
A: Says she will work to lower health care, housing, child care and utility costs, including building more homes and expanding child care access, and modernizing the power grid with "more affordable, renewable energy."
amyklobuchar.comQ: Where does Klobuchar stand on taxes and cost of living?
A: Said at the Farmfest forum, "I'm not going to increase your taxes," and committed to keeping local government aid.
mprnews.orgQ: Where does Klobuchar stand on fraud?
A: Promises a "top-to-bottom audit" of state government and a "Do Not Pay" database barring people convicted of fraud from state payments; said at Farmfest, "I will root out the fraud. I'm going to make sure that we're vetting all the contracts."
kaxe.orgQ: Where does Klobuchar stand on public safety?
A: Points to her record as Hennepin County Attorney and says as governor she will "take on organized crime and gang violence" and "assist local police departments to hire and retain more officers."
amyklobuchar.comQ: Where does Klobuchar stand on immigration enforcement?
A: Launched her campaign during the federal immigration surge saying, "I'm running for every Minnesotan who wants ICE and its abusive tactics out of the state we love."
srnnews.comQ: Where does Klobuchar stand on health care?
A: Pledged to restore federal tax credits for marketplace insurance or create state-level subsidies.
mprnews.orgQ: Where does Klobuchar stand on education?
A: Wants evidence-based reading and math curricula, tutoring, a ban on cellphones in classrooms, and to double apprenticeships and workforce training.
amyklobuchar.comQ: Where does Klobuchar stand on business and permits?
A: Proposes refunding permit fees when the state misses permit deadlines: "if you don't get your permit in a certain amount of time, up or down, you get your money back."
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