Amy Klobuchar Wins DFL Primary Race For U.S. Senate
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar has won the DFL primary race to keep her seat on Capitol Hill.
Klobuchar easily defeated Democratic rivals Stephen A. Emery, David Robert Groves, Leonard J. Richards, and Steve Carlson.
Klobuchar was first elected to the Senate in 2006, becoming Minnesota's first woman senator.
She'll face Jim Newberger, who has more than 74 percent of the vote on the GOP side with 17 of 87 counties reporting.
Klobuchar won her first two terms by at least 20 percentage points and has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2020.
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