Klobuchar launches first ad promising to ‘root out the waste and the fraud’ as Minnesota governor

By Molly Parks

Published August 18, 2026 3:46pm ET Updated August 18, 2026 3:46pm ET

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) took aim at the mass fraud revealed under Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) administration in the first video advertisement of her Minnesota gubernatorial campaign.

“My goal as governor is going to be to keep what’s right and fix what’s wrong,” Klobuchar said in the advertisement released Tuesday. “On Day 1, I’ll launch a top-to-bottom audit of state government to root out the waste and the fraud and the abuse.”