Exclusive / Klobuchar successor talk centers on second-term House member - Semafor

Democrats are starting to debate who will succeed Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., when she’s sworn in as governor next year.

There’s one name that keeps coming up: Democratic Rep. Kelly Morrison, who just won her second term to the House and served in the state legislature before that.

Klobuchar hasn’t made a final decision on the pick, according to a person familiar with her thinking. But many Democrats believe Morrison is a frontrunner after she passed on the 2026 Senate race.

Asked if she wants the appointment, Morrison said only that she’s “excited” about Sen.-elect Peggy Flanagan and about representing her district: “The governor-elect will appoint someone, and I know she’ll be right by the people of Minnesota.”

Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., who lost the Senate primary to Flanagan, is seen as a longshot for the appointment.