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Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota early next month will become the latest alum of the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination race to return to New Hampshire, the state that for a century has held the first primary in the country in the race for the White House.
While Klobuchar’s mission is all about 2022, her trip does spark a touch of 2024 buzz as speculation persists that 79-year-old President Biden may not seek reelection for a second term even though he’s repeatedly said he’ll run again.
Klobuchar, who had a solid third place finish in the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary – just a few points behind Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and now Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg – will headline a state party dinner and fundraiser on March 5.
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“The path to holding and expanding the Democratic majority in Congress runs through New Hampshire. I am thrilled to be back in the Granite State,” Klobuchar said in a statement announcing her return to the crucial battleground state where the GOP aims to flip a Senate and a House seat in November’s midterm elections.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota files to place her name on the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary ballot, on Nov. 6, 2019 in Concord, N.H.
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Klobuchar returned to New Hampshire in the fall of 2020 to campaign on behalf of Biden and down-ballot Democrats, and made another trip to the Granite State last year to attend a wedding. Ahead of her upcoming trip, the senator noted that “I’m also looking forward to seeing some old friends and joining so many others in celebrating the hard work and leadership of Senator Martha Fuller Clark.”
The dinner, in the coastal city of Portsmouth, is in honor Fuller Clark, a former longtime state senator, a New Hampshire Democratic Party vice chair for a decade and a half, and a delegate to every Democratic National…
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