The 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, Walz abandoned his campaign for a third term earlier this month amid criticism over mismanagement of taxpayer funding for child care programs. “Minnesota, we’ve been through a lot,” Klobuchar said in a video announcement Thursday. She avoided direct mention of ongoing fraud investigations into the child care programs that Trump has made a political cudgel. 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.