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Amy Klobuchar elected Minnesota’s first woman governor

States Newsroom · November 4, 2026

Amy Jean Klobuchar became the first woman elected Hennepin County attorney in 1998, the first woman U.S. senator from Minnesota in 2006, and on Tuesday she became the first woman to be elected Minnesota’s governor. Klobuchar, 66, prevailed over Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth as Democrats secured the…

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Amy Klobuchar elected Minnesota’s first woman governor

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