She avoided direct mention of ongoing fraud investigations into the child care programs that Trump has made a political cudgel. Multiple Republicans already are campaigning in what could become a marquee contest among 36 governorships on the ballot in November. Klobuchar gained attention during Trump’s first term for her questioning of his judicial nominees including now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. 2020 presidential bidKlobuchar sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, running as a moderate in the same political lane as Biden. Tuberville is in the final year of his six-year term and will leave the Senate in January 2027 regardless.