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Amy Klobuchar is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, and MPR News is following the senator's campaign. 
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 On a snowy Sunday at Minneapolis' Boom Island Park, Klobuchar 

 for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. She joins a growing field of Democrats as an underdog without the "political machine" others have. She emphasizes climate change, voting protections and income inequality as issue her campaign will address.

 Klobuchar's campaign releases early fundraising figures that show she raised $1 million from "online and grassroots supporters." That amount lags behind another early fundraising total voluntarily released by California Democrat Kamala Harris' campaign, the 

, which raised $1.5 million in its first 24 hours.   

 Klobuchar announces her first weekend of presidential campaigning. It includes a stop in the likely battleground state of Wisconsin and three appearances in Iowa.

Amy Klobuchar / Minnesota 2020 presidential primary

 at a coffee and bike shop in Eau Claire, Wis., in the morning; and at a meet-and-greet hosted by local Democrats in Mason City, Iowa, in the late afternoon.

 Klobuchar makes two more Iowa campaign stops at events held by local Democrats — a soup luncheon in Knoxville and a spaghetti dinner in Albia — where she touts her 

 In New Hampshire — the first presidential primary state — Klobuchar 

 at a tavern outside Manchester during the day and appears on a CNN town hall event that night.

 that had her campaign visiting Georgia and South Carolina for the first time and returning to Iowa and New Hampshire.

 on medical device regulations as investigative journalists publish a report critical of her policies on the industry as a senator. 

 Along with other congressional Democrats, Klobuchar puts forth the "Save the Internet Act," which 

 would create so-called net neutrality protections.  

 Klobuchar appears at SXSW in Austin, Texas, where she 

 new antitrust legislation and increased taxes for big tech companies.

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 Klobuchar makes her first campaign stop in Florida and calls the state "ground zero" for climate change, 

 Klobuchar makes another weekend Iowa campaign swing, including 

 at Cedar Rapids' St. Patrick's Day parade. 

Cody Nelson

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MPR News is following the Minnesota senator's bid for the Democrats' 2020 presidential nomination. Follow this running feed for the latest.

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