Seen As Safe, Klobuchar Fights Complacency Threat

Complacency may be the biggest election year challenge for Amy Klobuchar, one of the most popular incumbents in the U.S. Senate, as she runs for a second term representing Minnesota.

 

 

 

 

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Complacency may be the biggest election year challenge for Amy Klobuchar, one of the most popular incumbents in the U.S. Senate, as she runs for a second term representing Minnesota.

The 52-year-old democrat has raised $5 million so far and is facing off against a little-known opponent, republican State Rep. Kurt Bills, a high school economics teacher who's allied with libertarian-leaning presidential contender Ron Paul.

Democratic party activists enthusiastically endorsed Klobuchar's re-election bid at their party convention in Rochester on Saturday, taking mere moments to endorse her by acclamation.

Klobuchar, who won her first senate race with a commanding 58 percent of the vote, runs the risk of being almost overlooked as democrats turn their urgency toward winning back a U.S. House seat in Northeastern Minnesota and overturning republican majorities in the state legislature.

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