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How Minnesota donors have boosted Klobuchar's campaign, in three charts

Sen. Amy Klobuchar joins a narrowed field of presidential candidates on Thursday night's primary debate stage, and has reached this point partially due to strong support from her Minnesota constituents.

By Jeff Hargarten

September 12, 2019 at 11:43PM
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) speaks during the first night of the second round of Democratic presidential debates, in Detroit, on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) speaks during the first night of the second round of Democratic presidential debates, in Detroit, on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (New York Times/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Jeff Hargarten is a Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

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