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Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Expand the primary care and maternal care workforce. Klobuchar will work with employers and schools to train and recruit the primary care providers Minnesota needs – including family doctors, nurses, dentists, and community health workers – with a focus on the communities that have gone without them, so that seeing a primary care provider doesn’t mean a three-month wait or a three-hour drive. Our state should expand access to OB-GYNs, midwives, and other maternal health providers, and work to end the disparities that leave Black mothers roughly three times, and Native mothers more than four times, as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes.

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Source topic or question: Raise Academic Achievement Across Minnesota

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Amy Klobuchar believes in using the best ideas – because Minnesota’s kids deserve excellence, and our economy needs a strong workforce. As both a mom and the daughter of a teacher who taught second grade until she was 70-years-old, Amy Klobuchar knows the importance of education and student achievement. As governor, she will use proven evidence-based approaches to raise student achievement, reduce racial and economic disparities in education, and push real improvement in our schools.

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Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Support Minnesota’s health care workforce.

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Source topic or question: Respond to the current and future needs of workers and employers.

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Launch a public-private Skilled Workers and Trades Fund. Create a dedicated, public-private fund for debt-free, short-term training in the trades, health care, education, emergency services, public safety and other in-demand occupations. Built alongside employers, this fund can prepare our workforce for a changing job landscape as a result of AI.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Open Doors to College and Credential Pathways

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A one-to-four-year degree and beyond are pathways that provide options to students and expand our workforce. Amy Klobuchar has advocated for more federal funding for community, technical, and tribal college programs. As governor, Klobuchar will keep working to expand affordable access to all Minnesota colleges, including community and technical colleges, so costs never keep a Minnesotan from a credential that leads to a good job.

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Source topic or question: A plan to prepare Minnesota’s workforce for the future by:

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Build real on-ramps to good jobs. Expand apprenticeships and earn-while-you-learn pipelines for Minnesotans at any stage in their career, especially in teaching, health care, public safety, and the trades.

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Source topic or question: Protect access to care.

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Expand mental health access across Minnesota. Klobuchar will work to restore and expand the school-linked mental health grants so kids and their parents can get help in school. She will build the mental health workforce, including dedicated rural mental health counselors and social workers. Her goal will be to add psychiatric bed capacity, with a specific focus on kids, building on the 2025 bonding investment. She will direct the Commerce Department to enforce equal coverage for mental and physical health, so insurance covers mental health and addiction care like the health care it is. And she will work to fully fund Minnesota’s mobile crisis response so that in a mental health emergency, help comes where it is needed.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Expand Minnesota’s Rural and Agricultural Economy

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Amy Klobuchar knows one-size-fits-all solutions don’t work for rural communities. She and her running mate, former Fergus Falls Mayor Ben Schierer, will expand Minnesota’s rural economy by working with businesses and farmers to grow and produce more products, find new markets, and export to the world. They will work with the private sector to build more homes, support rural hospitals, increase access to child care, and create new pathways to the workforce. They’ll modernize rural broadband and infrastructure, and strengthen the farm safety net. Together, they will make sure Minnesotans can live, work, and raise a family anywhere in Minnesota — because kids who grow up in rural Minnesota should be able to stay in rural Minnesota.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: A plan to prepare Minnesota’s workforce for the future by:

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As governor, she’ll make sure Minnesotans can get the skills they need to build a good life here at home. Because a strong economy depends on preparing Minnesotans through high-quality education, increasing student achievement, apprenticeships, workforce programs for high-demand jobs, one-to-four-year degrees, and beyond. She’ll work with employers to create credentials that give students the skills they actually need to get a job. That’s how we support an innovation economy and stay competitive in emerging and growing industries like health care and biotech, precision agriculture, and advanced manufacturing.

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Source topic or question: Prepare Minnesota’s rural workforce for the future.

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Build real on-ramps to good jobs by adding 10,000 apprenticeship and skills training opportunities, especially in teaching, health care, public safety, and the trades. Raise academic achievement across Minnesota using evidence-based reading and math curricula that have been proven to work in districts across the country – including in states such as Mississippi and Alabama – to increase reading and math skills. Keep students on task by banning cell phones in K–12 classrooms and work with school districts on screen time limits. Open the doors to college and credentials by expanding community college and one- to four-year degree pathways that connect directly to in-demand careers. Read Klobuchar’s full plan to expand Minnesota’s workforce here: AmyKlobuchar.com/workforce.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Strengthen registered apprenticeships to additional industries like biotech and health care. Klobuchar is committed to working with the private and public sectors, as well as unions, to add 10,000 apprenticeship and skills training opportunities, including for health care workers. Building on the success of apprenticeships in the trades, she will bring the Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative to additional industries like health care and biotech. She will work with employers and schools to connect high school students directly to emerging and high-demand careers such as nursing.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Launch Minnesota Health Care Future to expand our health care workforce. Minnesota must recruit and train doctors, nurses, and medical technicians. Klobuchar’s administration will work with the University of Minnesota and the state college system, as well as Minnesota employers and unions, to develop specialized recruitment campaigns and training pathways to encourage medical professionals to live and work in the Minnesota communities that need them most. One of many examples is the University of Minnesota’s NXT GEN MED three-year degree program in Rochester.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Expand markets for Minnesota products.

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Grow Minnesota’s hemp industry. Create local jobs and new markets for farmers by increasing the use of industrial hemp and continuing safe regulation of hemp-derived recreational products. Direct MnDOT and state agencies to use bio-based (hemp-fiber) materials when they meet specs (e.g., erosion-control), creating stable in-state industrial hemp demand.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Make Health Care More Affordable and Accessible

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Minnesota is an international hub for innovative care, cures, and medical technology. Klobuchar will expand on and strengthen our state’s medical innovation. She’ll partner with our world-class hospitals and research institutions to advance the future of medicine in Minnesota, build a statewide innovation network that turns discoveries into companies and jobs, drive medical innovation that increases competition and expands patient choice, and prepare our workforce for the health care careers of the future.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: A plan to expand Minnesota’s rural and agricultural economy.

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Klobuchar and Schierer know that one-size-fits-all solutions don’t work for rural communities. Together they will make it easier for farmers to grow and produce more products, work with rural Minnesotans to find new markets, and support Minnesotans who are inventing things and exporting to the world. They’ll protect rural health care and support rural hospitals at risk of closing by protecting their 340B discount from efforts to restrict it, lower housing costs by working with the private sector to build more homes, and create new apprenticeships and one- to four-year degree programs and beyond, so that Minnesotans can afford to live, work, and raise a family in rural Minnesota. Because kids who grow up in rural Minnesota should be able to stay in rural Minnesota.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Use apprenticeships and new workforce pathways to increase opportunities.

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Strengthen registered apprenticeships by adding 10,000 apprenticeship and skills training opportunities, roughly doubling the number of registered apprentices. Build on the success of apprenticeships in the trades – like for electricians and plumbers – by bringing the Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative to additional industries like biotech, health care, advanced manufacturing, and precision agriculture. Connect high school students directly to emerging and high-demand careers in cybersecurity, technology, and nursing, as well as the trades – which is especially important right now in the age of AI.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Help Families Live and Thrive in Greater Minnesota

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Kids who grow up in rural Minnesota should be able to stay in rural Minnesota – but right now, too many can’t. Employers struggle to recruit workers who can’t always find a place to live. Parents can’t take or keep jobs when there’s no child care nearby. And families won’t put down roots in communities where they can’t access health care – yet rural hospitals and clinics are at risk of closing because of new Trump administration cuts. Amy Klobuchar knows that one-size-fits-all solutions don’t work for rural communities, and she will work to close these gaps: building more homes, expanding child care options, protecting rural health care, creating new opportunities for apprenticeships and one- to four-year degree programs and beyond in everything from health care to hospitality to agriculture to mining and manufacturing, and supporting beginning farmers so that Minnesotans can afford to live, work, and raise a family in rural Minnesota.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Make Health Care More Affordable and Accessible

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As Governor, Amy Klobuchar will keep fighting to lower health care costs so families can afford to get the care they need. She’ll work to negotiate lower prescription drug prices. She’ll hold companies accountable and ensure what they charge actually reflects the cost of care. She’ll improve access to care by strengthening hospitals and clinics, especially in rural areas, expanding our health care workforce, and modernizing IT systems. She will always protect a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Create partnerships between local employers, community colleges, and public and private colleges and universities, and advance Minnesota’s STEM education. Klobuchar will create partnerships between community colleges and local employers who are competing in the global economy to design curricula and credentials for high-demand jobs that exist right now, in fields such as health care, so training aligns directly with local hiring needs. She will work with our world-class tech and medical industries to expand science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, with mentorships, internships, and curriculum aligned to the jobs being created in Minnesota.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Hunters, Anglers, and Outdoor Recreation

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Rebuild the DNR’s presence in Greater Minnesota. As Governor, Klobuchar will put more staff in the field than in the office, reversing the decline in conservation officers, wildlife biologists, and fisheries staff based in Greater Minnesota. Klobuchar will strengthen Minnesota’s conservation workforce and ensure our natural resources are protected, our outdoor traditions continue, and communities have the expertise to manage healthy ecosystems.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Prepare Minnesota’s Workforce for the Future

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Amy Klobuchar knows there are many paths to success. As governor, she’ll make sure Minnesotans can get the skills they need to build a good life here at home. She’ll build real on-ramps to good jobs, doubling apprenticeships and workforce training in the trades, health care, public safety, and emerging industries. She’ll raise academic achievement with evidence-based curriculum, tutoring to help kids catch up, and a focus on reading and math skills in elementary classrooms. And she’ll open doors to college and credentials, building partnerships between employers and colleges, expanding three-year degrees, and helping middle and high school students get a head start. Because anybody willing to work should have a path to success.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: 3. Support Medical Innovation and Our Health Care Workforce

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Klobuchar also knows we need to expand our health care workforce, including doctors, nurses, clinicians, medical technicians, pharmacists, dental hygienists and dentists, so Minnesotans don’t have to drive two hours or wait two months to get care. She’ll do this by recruiting and training medical professionals, expanding health care pipelines, and supporting primary care providers. Klobuchar’s full plan to recruit, train, and retain Minnesota’s workforce, including the health care sector, is available at AmyKlobuchar.com/workforce.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Advocate for immigration reform at the federal level.

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Our farms, dairies, and processing plants can’t run without workers, and a broken federal immigration system is holding Minnesota’s rural economy back in many sectors, including farming. Amy Klobuchar has led bipartisan efforts in the Senate to fix it. She’ll keep pushing for reforms that give farmers and employers a stable, legal workforce and the certainty they need to plan and grow. This is a federal responsibility, and she won’t stop working until we get it done.

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Source topic or question: Build On-Ramps to Good Jobs with Apprenticeships and Workforce Training

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As our U.S. Senator, Amy Klobuchar has worked across the aisle to expand pathways to good jobs. She led the bipartisan Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, signed into law last year, to allow families to use 529 savings accounts to pay for skills training, credentialing, and apprenticeships. And she has long championed her bipartisan American Apprenticeship Act to provide tuition assistance for workers in registered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs. She knows these programs work, and as governor, she will expand them in Minnesota.

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Source topic or question: Make Health Care More Affordable and Accessible

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Support medical innovation and our health care workforce – build on our state’s position as an international hub for cures, treatments, and technology by expanding and preparing our health care workforce and supporting new innovation.

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Source topic or question: Make it easier to navigate skills training and match with a job.

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Strengthen career navigation and job matching. Give workers and employers better tools to connect and pair training with supportive services, especially childcare and housing, that too often keep people from finishing a program or taking a job. Leverage regional Workforce Development Boards to ensure strategies are informed and responsive to the needs of local communities and employers.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Make Government Accountable and Root out Fraud

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We need a government that can carry its weight and match your drive and ambition. Amy Klobuchar intends to transform our state government to be innovative, effective, and accountable. That starts by rooting out fraud and making sure the money coming out of your paycheck is not misspent. It means modern technology that delivers results fast. It means making it easy to start a business and bring good-paying jobs to Minnesota. It means turning the page on a bureaucracy that leaves people dreading having to jump through hoops to get a permit or start a business. Amy Klobuchar will take on our biggest challenges.

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Source topic or question: 3. Support Medical Innovation and Our Health Care Workforce

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In the Senate, Amy Klobuchar led the successful fight to repeal the medical device tax that threatened thousands of Minnesota medtech jobs, and she has championed the federal research investments that fuel our hospitals and universities. She has fought recent Trump administration cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and research grants, which have put cancer trials and cures at risk. As Governor, she will partner with our world-class hospitals and research institutions to keep building the future of medicine here in Minnesota, create a statewide innovation network that turns discoveries into companies and jobs, drive medical innovation that increases competition and expands patient choice, and prepare our workforce for the health care careers of the future.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Klobuchar–Schierer Shared Ticket Platform

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Amy Klobuchar knows one-size-fits-all solutions don’t work for rural communities. She and her running mate, former Fergus Falls Mayor Ben Schierer, will expand Minnesota’s rural economy by working with businesses and farmers to grow and produce more products, find new markets, and export to the world. They will work with the private sector to build more homes, support rural hospitals, increase access to child care, and create new pathways to the workforce. They’ll modernize rural broadband and infrastructure, and strengthen the farm safety net. Together, they will make sure Minnesotans can live, work, and raise a family anywhere in Minnesota — because kids who grow up in rural Minnesota should be able to stay in rural Minnesota.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: Klobuchar–Schierer Shared Ticket Platform

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Prepare Minnesota’s Workforce for the Future

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: Klobuchar–Schierer Shared Ticket Platform

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Read Amy Klobuchar’s plan to prepare Minnesota’s workforce for the future.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: A plan to expand Minnesota’s rural and agricultural economy.

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Klobuchar and Schierer know that one-size-fits-all solutions don’t work for rural communities. Together they will make it easier for farmers to grow and produce more products, work with rural Minnesotans to find new markets, and support Minnesotans who are inventing things and exporting to the world. They’ll protect rural health care and support rural hospitals at risk of closing by protecting their 340B discount from efforts to restrict it, lower housing costs by working with the private sector to build more homes, and create new apprenticeships and one- to four-year degree programs and beyond, so that Minnesotans can afford to live, work, and raise a family in rural Minnesota. Because kids who grow up in rural Minnesota should be able to stay in rural Minnesota.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: Klobuchar–Schierer Shared Ticket Platform

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Amy Klobuchar knows there are many paths to success. As governor, she’ll make sure Minnesotans can get the skills they need to build a good life here at home. She’ll build real on-ramps to good jobs, doubling apprenticeships and workforce training in the trades, health care, public safety, and emerging industries. She’ll raise academic achievement with evidence-based curriculum, tutoring to help kids catch up, and a focus on reading and math skills in elementary classrooms. And she’ll open doors to college and credentials, building partnerships between employers and colleges, expanding three-year degrees, and helping middle and high school students get a head start. Because anybody willing to work should have a path to success.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: 3. Support Medical Innovation and Our Health Care Workforce

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3. Support Medical Innovation and Our Health Care Workforce

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