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ST. PAUL 鈥� U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, has won a fourth term representing Minnesota in the U.S. Senate, easily defeating Republican Royce White.

Klobuchar won by a 15.8-percentage-point margin over White, earning 56.2% of the vote.

This will be incumbent Klobuchar's fourth six-year term representing Minnesota in Congress' upper house. Klobuchar, 64, was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006. She has won all of her previous Senate elections by at least 20 percentage points.

鈥淭o the state of Minnesota: I once again pledge to you, I will stand my ground while always seeking common ground. I will strive every day to be worthy of your faith and trust,鈥� Klobuchar said in a speech Tuesday at the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party election night event in a ballroom of the Intercontinental Hotel in St. Paul.

鈥淗ere in Minnesota, we voted for moving forward in this Senate race," Klobuchar said. "We voted for building up and not tearing down. We voted for results, and now it is on all of us to come together as a state and as a country to govern. It is on all of us to cross the river of our divides to get to a higher ground.鈥�

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White, 33, is a former professional basketball player turned political podcaster who received the state party's nomination in May. He said he got into the race due to corruption in the federal government, and he has embraced an 鈥淎merica First鈥� agenda that involves exiting 鈥渇orever wars.鈥�

But White has been widely criticized for spreading far-right conspiracy theories, making misogynistic and antisemitic remarks, and dealing with an array of legal issues, as well as allegedly misspending funds during an unsuccessful 2022 U.S. House campaign. White 鈥渢he bad guys won in WWII.鈥�

Senators of $174,000 in 2024.

Klobuchar was elected Hennepin County Attorney in 1998 and served in that role until she entered the Senate in 2007. She ran for president in the 2020 Democratic primary but dropped out just one day before Super Tuesday and endorsed Joe Biden. Since President Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 race in July, Klobuchar has campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential run.

Forum News Service reporter Mary Murphy contributed to this report.