Amy Klobuchar defeats Lisa Demuth in Minnesota governor race

Amy Klobuchar defeated Republican Lisa Demuth in Minnesota’s gubernatorial election, winning the office after serving in the U.S. Senate since 2007. Klobuchar will succeed Gov. Tim Walz, who did not seek re-election, and become the first woman to serve as Minnesota governor, according to the reported results. Unofficial results reported Thursday at 11 p.m. showed Klobuchar with 56% of the vote and Demuth with 42%, with 70% of precincts reporting. The figures were not final or certified. Klobuchar said Demuth called her to concede. The accounts described election day as Tuesday, while another reported the win on Wednesday; the exact date convention was not clarified. Klobuchar told reporters she would govern for all Minnesotans, including those who did not vote for her. She also said there was work to do and that she opposed the status quo. Fraud enforcement was a central campaign issue. Demuth argued Klobuchar would struggle to address fraud because it had grown during the preceding eight years of Democratic-Farmer-Labor administration. Klobuchar criticized Walz during a debate, saying he should have detected fraud earlier. She promised a day-one audit of state agencies, a Do...