Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) made a convincing case for staying amicable with ex-boyfriends in a HuffPost Live conversation on Thursday.
The senator recalled the early days of her campaign when she was "calling people nationally" with little success. Frustrated, she turned to "old rolodexes and address books," contacting "every single person" she knew. And there were apparently no exceptions, as Klobuchar boasted that she has set an "all-time Senate record" for raising the most amount of money from exes.
"No one's beaten it yet: I raised $17,000 from ex-boyfriends," she said. "And as my husband has pointed out, it's not an expanding base."
That wasn't her only unconventional fundraising method.
"When I was first running, 'West Wing' was running, and it was so popular, " she recounted. "I knew if I called before it -- or even during it -- or after it, and someone answered, they would actually be more willing to give money, because they realized they were relishing in this pretend democracy, and I was trying to make it in a real one."
Klobuchar's book, The Senator Next Door, is in stores now.
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