What you need to know about the DFL convention this weekend

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the presumptive DFL nominee for governor, heads to the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester where she hopes to win over enough of the progressive base to win the party’s endorsement ahead of the primary.

Since she announced her bid for the office at the end of January, no other major DFL candidate has entered the race. She overwhelmingly won the party’s February straw poll.

Although she’s the state’s most prolific vote-getter, her moderate political style has alienated many of the progressive activists who will be at the convention this weekend and expected to provide some spirited resistance — including some throaty boos — even without a major alternative.

Klobuchar raised a staggering $4.8 million in her campaign’s first 60 days, and the senior senator is a favorite to win in November against a field of relatively unknown Republicans.





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