Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar has been making frequent visits to Iowa. | Alex Wong/Getty Images 2020 elections Klobuchar to announce 2020 plans Sunday in Minnesota

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar will hold an event in Minnesota on Sunday to announce whether she will run for president, she said Tuesday night, inching closer to a possible campaign launch.

Klobuchar told MSNBC that she will announce her decision in Minneapolis’ Boom Island Park — “as in, Boom Island, ‘drop the mic,’” she said.


“It’s going to be a little cold, 20 degrees,” Klobuchar said, speaking after President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. “Wear warm clothes. Maybe have, you know, little heat-warmers with you, but then you’ll find out my decision.”

Klobuchar posted on Twitter: “I’m making a big announcement on Sunday. Join me there,” directing users to RSVP on her website.

Klobuchar is taking other steps that look like a setup for a presidential campaign: She is scheduled to travel to Iowa later this month, where she will headline the Ankeny Area Democrats Winter Banquet, and her team is exploring events elsewhere in the first caucus state that are likely to be added to her itinerary, POLITICO reported earlier Tuesday.

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Klobuchar is a familiar face in Iowa, where she has frequently campaigned for Democrats, including freshman Iowa Reps. Abby Finkenauer and Cindy Axne, who were elected last fall.

Those visits to her neighboring state have also translated into an edge in some early polls. In December, Klobuchar finished fourth in a crowded field, bringing in 10 percent of support in Iowa.

On MSNBC, Klobuchar criticized Trump’s State of the Union speech. “We need someone in the White House who’s a hero for their time,” Klobuchar said.

Klobuchar, if she ultimately decides to enter the race, will join a diverse and sprawling crowd of Democratic candidates vying to take on Trump. The field already features five women — though Klobuchar would be the only one from the Midwest — and two African-American senators and a gay man.

Klobuchar has emphasized that her party's eventual presidential nominee must focus on Midwestern voters, bringing "an understanding of those voices that weren’t heard in 2016 from the Midwest and really from the middle of the country.”