Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) expressed her optimism for the Democratic Party as the midterm elections draw nearer.
Klobuchar is fresh from a campaign trip to New Hampshire, where she sought to help Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) ahead of his bid for the Senate. The Minnesota senator dismissed what CNN host Jake Tapper referred to as the Democrats’ “dismal approval ratings” while appearing on State of the Union Sunday.
“I think every Democrat, national Democrat, including myself, is focused on this upcoming election, which is the midterms,” Klobuchar said.
“And when you look at the enthusiasm of our voters that are showing up, the people in the middle, moderate Republicans, independents that hate the chaos and the corruption and the costs going up, I am feeling better and better about how Democrats are doing every single day,” Klobuchar added.
When Tapper asked if she would run for president again in 2028, Klobuchar said, “I am focused on my job in the Senate.”
“I‘m really focused on our great candidates that are up all across the country,” Klobuchar said.
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Klobuchar was part of the crowded Democratic primary that produced Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee in 2020.
Since the 2024 election, Klobuchar admitted that the party would have benefited from an open primary last summer, as well. Instead, Biden dropped out of the race so late into the year that he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris so she could utilize the Biden-Harris campaign funds raised up to that point.