{"id":40254,"date":"2026-08-12T06:50:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T01:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40254"},"modified":"2026-08-12T06:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T01:50:42","slug":"its-official-amy-klobuchar-is-democrats-pick-to-succeed-gov-tim-walz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40254","title":{"rendered":"It&#039;s official: Amy Klobuchar is Democrats&#039; pick to succeed Gov. Tim Walz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/ju2Z_O2RShujnZYtXN2HyAki1_I=\/0x0:6000x3375\/1366x768\/2026\/08\/07\/1786100866385.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/twin-cities\/2026\/01\/22\/amy-klobuchar-minnesota-governor-fundraising-filing\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar<\/a> sailed to victory in Minnesota&#8217;s Democratic primary for governor on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The big picture:<\/strong> Polling indicates that the four-term senator and 2020 presidential candidate will be a formidable contender in Democrats&#8217; bid to hold the open seat this November.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Catch up quick:<\/strong> Klobuchar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/01\/29\/klobuchar-minnesota-governor-walz\" target=\"_blank\">entered the race in late January,<\/a> shortly after Gov. Tim Walz reversed course and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/twin-cities\/2026\/01\/05\/tim-walz-drop-out-minnesota-governor-race\" target=\"_blank\">scrapped plans to run for a third term<\/a>. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walz&#8217;s exit came amid mounting scrutiny over his administration&#8217;s response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/01\/06\/minnesota-fraud-cases-timeline\" target=\"_blank\">fraud targeting state social services programs<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Between the lines: <\/strong>The late entry into the race \u2014 and track record of out-performing other Democrats statewide \u2014 helped Klobuchar avoid a serious primary challenge from the left.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If she wins in November, Klobuchar will be the state&#8217;s first female governor. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s next: <\/strong>Summer polls showed Klobuchar with a comfortable lead over all of her potential rivals, though her support was lower than the margins of victory for her recent U.S. Senate wins. <\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar sailed to victory in Minnesota&#8217;s Democratic primary for governor on Tuesday. The big picture: Polling indicates that the four-term senator and 2020 presidential candidate will be a formidable contender in Democrats&#8217; bid to hold the open seat this November. Catch up quick: Klobuchar entered the race in late January, shortly after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/ju2Z_O2RShujnZYtXN2HyAki1_I=\/0x0:6000x3375\/1366x768\/2026\/08\/07\/1786100866385.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}