WHAT A SURPRISE
Klobuchar to file candidacy papers
Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar today plans to take her first official step in declaring her interest in running for the U.S. Senate in 2006 by filing a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission.
Klobuchar confirmed her plans Wednesday. "We've had tens of thousands of dollars of contributions come in, many of them unsolicited, and the law says that we have to file when we start to get these contributions in," she said.
The federal law requires the filing of a statement of candidacy if a candidate raises or spends at least $5,000.
Klobuchar, a DFLer, is eyeing the seat that will be vacated by Democratic Sen. Mark Dayton in January 2007.
Even though she plans to file the papers, Klobuchar said she is not yet ready to officially announce her candidacy.
"I am moving ahead," she said. "I'm close to deciding. ... I'm very serious about this.
If she runs, Klobuchar could face a long list of Democrats. Those include trial lawyer Mike Ciresi, U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, University of Minnesota lawyer Mark Rotenberg, state Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson, state Rep. Tom Rukavina and state Sen. Steve Kelley.
Republicans who say they are running include U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy and former Sen. Rod Grams, and U.S. Rep. Gil Gutknecht is expected to announce his plans next week. Source: Star Tribune, February 24, 2005
Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar today plans to take her first official step in declaring her interest in running for the U.S. Senate in 2006 by filing a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission.
Klobuchar confirmed her plans Wednesday. "We've had tens of thousands of dollars of contributions come in, many of them unsolicited, and the law says that we have to file when we start to get these contributions in," she said.
The federal law requires the filing of a statement of candidacy if a candidate raises or spends at least $5,000.
Klobuchar, a DFLer, is eyeing the seat that will be vacated by Democratic Sen. Mark Dayton in January 2007.
Even though she plans to file the papers, Klobuchar said she is not yet ready to officially announce her candidacy.
"I am moving ahead," she said. "I'm close to deciding. ... I'm very serious about this.
If she runs, Klobuchar could face a long list of Democrats. Those include trial lawyer Mike Ciresi, U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, University of Minnesota lawyer Mark Rotenberg, state Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson, state Rep. Tom Rukavina and state Sen. Steve Kelley.
Republicans who say they are running include U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy and former Sen. Rod Grams, and U.S. Rep. Gil Gutknecht is expected to announce his plans next week. Source: Star Tribune, February 24, 2005
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