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After New Hampshire Surge, Klobuchar Turns to Nevada,Beyond

Associated Press

   CONCORD, N.H. - It took a year of campaigning, countless stump speeches
   and an especially strong night on the debate stage for little-known
   Democratic presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar to break into the top
   tier of the 2020 campaign in New Hampshire.

   Now she has less than two weeks to make it count.

   The Minnesota senator began working Wednesday to turn her
   better-than-expected third-place finish -- and a surge of fundraising
   -- into enough momentum to be competitive in next-up Nevada, South
   Carolina and beyond. For Klobuchar, that means consolidating
   establishment and moderate voters, picking up traction with black and
   Latino Democrats and introducing herself to most everyone else.

   Her campaign launched two new television and digital ads in Nevada, and
   she was heading to Las Vegas to hold a Thursday campaign rally and
   speak at a town hall sponsored by a major Latino rights group. She also
   plans to stump over the next week in states that vote in the March 3
   "Super Tuesday" contests, and is staffing up with help from the more
   than $6 million she's raised since Friday's debate.

   Counts as a victory

   Tuesday's showing counted as a victory for a candidate who spent much
   of the campaign boasting about being in the "top five" of the crowded
   field. Klobuchar used the moment to put her no-nonsense appeal in the
   spotlight. She spoke of growing up the granddaughter of an iron ore
   miner, becoming the first female senator from Minnesota and defying
   expectations in the 2020 race and her plan to win the party's
   nomination.

   "Because of you we are taking this campaign to Nevada. We are going to
   South Carolina, and we are taking this message of unity to the
   country," Klobuchar told cheering supporters Tuesday night.

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