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Amy Klobuchar raises nearly $5M in 2 months for governor campaign

ST. PAUL — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s campaign for Minnesota governor dominated first-quarter fundraising, with nearly $5 million raised and $3.4 million in cash on hand in 62 days. Klobuchar entered the race later in the game on Jan. 29, following Gov. Tim Walz’s exit amid scrutiny over fraud. Her campaign has been fairly quiet so far, but it’s likely to ramp up as summer approaches. Klobuchar also has yet to announce a running mate for lieutenant governor, but candidate filings are due by June 2. “The tens of thousands of Minnesotans who have stepped up to support our campaign underscore the deep trust that Minnesotans have in Senator Klobuchar as a leader who brings people together to get things done,” Campaign Manager Joe Radosevich said in a statement Wednesday, April 15. “Her grassroots donor base knows that she fights for people no matter the odds, and they stepped up the moment she announced her campaign for Governor.” The figure is a record for a governor’s campaign in Minnesota, according to the campaign. For context, Walz raised roughly $1 million in his first-quarter report in 2022. Klobuchar’s campaign reported that it has received donations from all 87 counties, and that more than 90% of donors gave less than $100. GOP candidates also released new numbers for the first fundraising quarter (Jan. 1 through March 31), including Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth, who’s running alongside attorney Ryan Wilson. Demuth’s campaign reported $226,456 raised in the first quarter, with a total of $730,000 raised since she launched her campaign in early November, and more than $543,000 cash in hand as of March 31. “The Demuth/Wilson campaign has built a strong base of support and is ready to take on Amy Klobuchar and the Democrat money machine this November,” Demuth said in a statement Tuesday. “These strong totals reflect the continued momentum of our ticket. While other candidates’ fundraising pace has fallen off dramatically, we are just getting started. As Speaker, I have set fundraising records every year as caucus leader, and I am ready to do the same this year, leading the Republican ticket to victory in 2026.” Kendall Qualls, an Army Veteran and businessman, reported $123,000 during the first quarter and $700,000 total since he announced his campaign in May of 2025. Qualls announced Brian Nicholson, also a political outsider, as his running mate in early March. “Voters continue to make it clear: we don’t need more career political insiders, who voted for massive omnibus bills, trying to fix the mess they made; we need business leaders with a track record of success in the private sector to fix what’s broken in St. Paul,” Qualls said in a statement Monday. “We look forward to riding the wave of momentum and support all the way to the convention, where we will walk away as the GOP’s endorsed candidates for governor.” Qualls and Demuth have both led various GOP straw polls since their campaigns launched, with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell typically trailing behind. Lindell has not released reports for the first quarter, and did not respond to a request for new numbers by the time of publication, though he did announce $120,000 in the first 24 hours of his campaign launch. He also received support from President Donald Trump in December, shortly after his campaign launch, but the support appeared shy of an official endorsement.

Apr 15, 202619 votes

Sen. Amy Klobuchar visits Bushmills Ethanol

WILLMAR — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar visited Bushmills Ethanol near Atwater to talk about the current needs and challenges of the ethanol industry. Klobuchar spoke to leaders at the plant about the role that ethanol plays in the energy industry in the country. “It was a really good, in-depth conversation about the market, what is happening and the need when we see these high gas prices. You don’t want to be dependent on one fuel. You have jobs right here in Minnesota that have been created by this,” Klobuchar said. According to AAA’s gas price tracking, the national average for gas was at $3.981 at the end of March. This was a rise of 10 cents per gallon from the week before and up a dollar from a month ago when the price averaged $2.983, around the start of the war with Iran. This is the highest average price in the past four years, according to the tracker. With rising gas prices, Klobuchar, alongside others, reached out to the president to ask that he approve a wider use of ethanol to help lower prices. More than 98% of U.S. gasoline contains ethanol to oxygenate the fuel to reduce air pollution, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, typically at 10%. A waiver was approved by the federal government to allow for the sale of E15 nationwide. E15 is gasoline blended with 15% ethanol. The waiver also removed all federal restrictions on the sale of gasoline blended with 10% ethanol. “The ethanol industry and biodiesel couldn’t be more important right now, all renewable fuels. We can’t just be dependent on one kind of fuel. We are already 10% and we can be even higher. We have been held back by things like the limit on blending for biofuels,” Klobuchar said in an interview. The waiver takes effect on May 1, 2026, according to a release from the Environmental Protection Agency. The waiver will be temporary. There have been past efforts to allow for ethanol blends to be sold nationwide with fewer restrictions. In 2023, Klobuchar, alongside U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, a Republican from Nebraska, reintroduced legislation to make E15 available year-round. The bill was referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works but no further action was taken. “I would like to see it baked into law so it is not just each president every year who makes a decision. My Republican counterpart Senator (John) Boozman has pushed that if we have a farm bill, we will put it in there with me,” Klobuchar said in an interview. Klobuchar was also taken on a tour of the plant where she saw some of the process of producing ethanol including testing and automation systems. The Bushmills Ethanol plant was built in 2005. It produces around 65 million gallons of ethanol each year. The cooperative is made up of around 400 farmers.

Mar 31, 202614 votes

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