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ECM Publishers
January 20, 2018
Paul Wellstone, died in a plane crash just before the election. However, unique circumstances surround every election, and this year in Minnesota, it's unique that the Democrats forced one of their own, Franken, to resign over sexual harassment allegations. Consequently, Tina Smith was appointed to fillÃÂ ...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
January 8, 2018
She's not even a stranger to short campaigns, having run Vice President Walter Mondale's unsuccessful six-day Senate run when he replaced Sen. Paul Wellstone on the ballot following Wellstone's death in a 2002 plane crash. Minnesota's Democratic party chair Ken Martin said Smith is rightly focused onÃÂ ...
NPR
January 3, 2018
Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash only 11 days before the election. Both campaigns were unsuccessful. Smith also gained a reputation for tempering Dayton, who the Star-Tribune noted had "a reputation for being critical, demanding and occasionally blustery. ... Among those close to her, Smith is knownÃÂ ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
December 30, 2017
Six were from Minnesota. Some served essentially as caretakers until a special election, but others built formidable careers — including former Vice President Walter Mondale, who will swear in Smith on Wednesday. After Sen. Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash weeks before the election in 2002, Gov.
CBS News
December 29, 2017
Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash in 2002. Franken kicked off his speech by saying "I am here to thank you." He extended gratitude for nearly 30 minutes to those who helped him achieve an eight-year run as a U.S. Senator, most notably his wife, Franni, CBS Minnesota reports. "Whatever it is thatÃÂ ...
POLITICO Magazine
December 21, 2017
But just 11 days before the midterm election, Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash. His stand-in, former vice president Walter Mondale, lost to Norm Coleman, and Coleman became the 51st GOP senator. Had Wellstone been reelected, the Senate would have been evenly split. One canÃÂ ...
Forward
December 20, 2017
He kept his seat in 1984 but lost it in 1990 to Democrat Paul Wellstone, who was also Jewish. The rivals met again for a rematch in 1996, and Wellstone won again. Wellstone was killed in a plane crash in 2002, days before the elections, and the seat was won by Republican Norm Coleman (who is not onlyÃÂ ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
December 18, 2017
In 1990, a largely unknown college professor named Paul Wellstone defeated Boschwitz, who had the unfortunate distinction of being the only ... On Oct. 25, 2002, Wellstone was killed in a plane crash just 11 days before a hotly contested re-election campaign against former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman.
Alpha News MN
December 12, 2017
... deny payouts to beneficiaries whose loved one died while committing an act of terrorism. The last time a Minnesota governor appointed a U.S. Senator was in 2002 when Jesse Ventura selected Dean Barkley to replace Democrat Senator Paul Wellstone after Wellstone died in a plane crash that October.
Herald Review
December 8, 2017
Pawlenty did that and was elected governor in 2002, the same year Coleman was elected to the Senate days after then-Sen. Paul Wellstone died in an airplane crash. Coleman lost to Franken in the 2008 election after a months-long recount. On Wednesday, Coleman ran into a reporter in Washington andÃÂ ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 25, 2017
Gallery: Investigators comb through the wreckage of a twin-engine charter plane that crashed Friday, killing Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife, daughter, ... in Minneapolis, for U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife, daughter and three staff members who died Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, in a plane crash in Eveleth, Minn.
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
October 25, 2017
Al Franken broke down on the United States Senate floor Wednesday as he paid tribute to his friend, Paul Wellstone. ... Wellstone, his wife Sheila, their daughter Marcia, staffers Tom Lapic, Mary McEvoy and Will McLaughlin all died in a plane crash in Eveleth just 11 days before the 2002 election.
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
October 25, 2017
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Minnesota Public Radio News
October 25, 2017
Paul Wellstone about a half-mile from where his small campaign plane crashed 15 years ago. It's quiet and simple, featuring a ring of polished slabs of rock, in memory of Wellstone and his wife Sheila, his daughter, and three campaign workers who also died in the crash. Both pilots were also killed.
Minnesota Public Radio News
October 24, 2017
Wednesday is the 15th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Sen. Paul Wellstone and seven other people. At the time of the crash, Wellstone was running for a third term in the U.S. Senate. The first time he ran for public office was in 1982 when he was the DFL candidate for Minnesota state auditor.
Minnesota Daily
October 22, 2017
Keith Ellison, D-Minn., spoke at the University about the late Sen. Paul Wellstone and the current state of the Democratic Party. The event, titled “The Democratic Party at a Crossroads: The Wellstone Way and Economic Populism,” marked the 15-year anniversary of the plane crash that killed Wellstone, hisÃÂ ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 21, 2017
They were together nearly 40 years later when the plane crashed — killing them along with their daughter, Marcia, three campaign workers and two pilots. They're all remembered at a six-acre site near the crash scene. The stone at the memorial is 2 billion years old — mined by steelworkers at a nearbyÃÂ ...
Minnesota Public Radio News
October 17, 2017
An Honor Guard walks across the stage during a public memorial service. An Honor Guard walks across the stage during a public memorial service, Tuesday, Oct. 29 2002, in Minneapolis for U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife, daughter and three staff members who died Oct. 25, in a plane crash in Eveleth,ÃÂ ...
HR Technologist
December 31, 1999
Back in 2008, the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act made it mandatory for insurers to offer mental health ... Conversations on mental health should be commonplace – fostering scenarios where ailments seem as par for course, no different from an accident orÃÂ ...
Roll Call
December 31, 1999
Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash just 11 days before his 2002 re-election, former Vice President Walter Mondale accepted the DFL nomination. Smith managed his week-long campaign. He lost to Republican Norm Coleman by 2 points. “She's been one of the first five folks you call if you're running aÃÂ ...
White Bear Press
December 31, 1999
Turns out it was the site of the plane crash that killed Sen. Paul Wellstone and members of his family and campaign staff in 2002. The site looks ... I'd heard about Paul Wellstone, but I was only 10 years old when he died—I was more interested in the “Harry Potter” books than politics. But members of myÃÂ ...
Forward
December 20, 2017
First came Rudy Boschwitz, a Jewish Republican, who won the 1978 election. He kept his seat in 1984, but lost it in 1990 to Democrat Paul Wellstone, who was also Jewish. The two rivals met again for a re-match in 1996, and Wellstone won again. Wellstone was killed in a plane crash in 2002, days beforeÃÂ ...
Forward
December 20, 2017
He kept his seat in 1984, but lost it in 1990 to Democrat Paul Wellstone, who was also Jewish. The two rivals met again for a re-match in 1996, and Wellstone won again. Wellstone was killed in a plane crash in 2002, days before the elections, and the seat was won by Republican Norm Coleman (who is notÃÂ ...
Forward
December 20, 2017
He kept his seat in 1984, but lost it in 1990 to Democrat Paul Wellstone, who was also Jewish. The two rivals met again for a re-match in 1996, and Wellstone won again. Wellstone was killed in a plane crash in 2002, days before the elections, and the seat was won by Republican Norm Coleman (who is notÃÂ ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
December 19, 2017
In 1990, a largely unknown college professor named Paul Wellstone defeated Boschwitz, who had the unfortunate distinction of being the only ... On Oct. 25, 2002, Wellstone was killed in a plane crash just 11 days before a hotly contested re-election campaign against former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman.
West Central Tribune
December 13, 2017
She was a leader of former Vice President Walter Mondale's 2002 U.S. Senate campaign when he replaced then-Sen. Paul Wellstone after he died in an airplane crash days before the election. As Smith heads to the U.S. Senate, the state Senate may see changes. The state Constitution says that when theÃÂ ...
Alpha News MN
December 12, 2017
... deny payouts to beneficiaries whose loved one died while committing an act of terrorism. The last time a Minnesota governor appointed a U.S. Senator was in 2002 when Jesse Ventura selected Dean Barkley to replace Democrat Senator Paul Wellstone after Wellstone died in a plane crash that October.
Grand Forks Herald
December 10, 2017
Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash shortly before Election Day in 2002, Gov. Jesse Ventura appointed his former campaign manager, Dean Barkley, to fill the spot. Barkley served less than two months, and Norm Coleman won the election against Mondale, a stand-in for Wellstone. In 2008, Barkley ranÃÂ ...
KSTP.com
December 6, 2017
Advertisement. That would be Dean Barkley, who was appointed by then-Gov. Jesse Ventura to finish out the term of Democrat Paul Wellstone after Wellstone was killed in a plane crash while campaigning in October of 2002. RELATED: Franken's Support Fades as Democrats Call for Resignation. BarkleyÃÂ ...
Minnesota Public Radio News
December 1, 2017
Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash. Keillor continued performing across the country after Prairie Home, and began writing a regular column in the Washington Post. In what would become his final essay for the Post, published Tuesday night, Keillor criticized calls for Sen. Al Franken to resign over ...
Newsweek
November 16, 2017
... Radio detailed, a similar sequence played out after the death of Senator Paul Wellstone, a Democrat who was killed in a plane crash in 2002.
The Index
November 8, 2017
Prior to the trip, she had intended to go into the field of journalism, but upon hearing that U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota was killed in plane crash a few days before his 2002 election, she decided to change her career to politics. “He was a hero in Minnesota,” Edwards said. “He was an example ...
Minnesota Public Radio News
November 7, 2017
It was one of the most unusual elections in Minnesota history. Fifteen years ago, after DFL Sen. Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash 11 days before the election, Walter Mondale replaced him on the ballot. Mondale was a U.S. senator and vice president, but had been out of elected office for nearly 22Â ...
HuffPost
November 5, 2017
After the death of incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) in a 2002 airplane crash, former vice president and 1984 failed Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale agreed to have his name placed on the ballot, supplanting Wellstone in his quest for re-election. Mondale narrowly ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
October 26, 2017
Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) makes a point during a campaign speech on Sept. 20, 2002, five weeks before his death in a plane crash.
Minnesota Public Radio News
October 25, 2017
Paul Wellstone about a half-mile from where his small campaign plane crashed 15 years ago. It's quiet and simple, featuring a ring of polished slabs of rock, in memory of Wellstone and his wife Sheila, his daughter, and three campaign workers who also died in the crash. Both pilots were also killed.
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
October 25, 2017
They include: 15 years since Paul Wellstone was killed in plane crash, a pair of Republican senators break party lines, St. Paul skyway ...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
October 25, 2017
Al Franken broke down on the United States Senate floor Wednesday as he paid tribute to his friend, Paul Wellstone. Wednesday marks the ...
Duluth News Tribune
October 24, 2017
Paul Wellstone speaks to a crowd of about 100 people gathered on Oct. 31, ... Wednesday marks the 15th anniversary of the plane crash near ...
Minnesota Public Radio News
October 24, 2017
Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., makes a point as he talks with reporters in ... At the time of the crash, Wellstone was running for a third term in the U.S. ...
KARE
October 24, 2017
Paul Wellstone was a unique figure in Minnesota political history, a college ... 2002 when the senator's private plane crashed on approach to the ... Wellstone, his wife Sheila and their daughter Marcia perished in the fiery crash along ... the accident on human error, determining the crew failed to maintain ...
Minnesota Daily
October 23, 2017
A University of Minnesota event held to honor Paul Wellstone on ... anniversary of the plane crash that killed Wellstone, his wife Sheila, his ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 22, 2017
elect Paul Wellstone, group with his daughter Marcia and wife, Shella, waved .... They were together nearly 40 years later when the plane crashed — killing ... They're all remembered at a six-acre site near the crash scene.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 20, 2017
He mentioned Paul Wellstone the week after the senator died in a plane crash in 2002, and Barack Obama the night he was elected president ...
KSTP.com
October 20, 2017
"I'll bet you anything he would've been called 'Little' Paul Wellstone, or something like ... and co-pilot were killed in a plane crash near Eveleth in northern Minnesota. ... The accident occurred just 11 days before the election.
INFORUM
October 14, 2017
Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., died tragically. Wellstone ... The plane crashed, killing Wellstone, his wife Sheila, his daughter Marcia, and five others.
New York Times
October 12, 2017
One toolbox displayed a worn campaign sticker for Paul Wellstone, the liberal United States senator from Minnesota who died in a plane crash ...
Southwest Journal
October 11, 2017
Paul Wellstone made its way to the Hennepin County Board in October, ... The three were among seven people killed in a 2002 plane crash in ...
KPAX-TV
December 31, 1999
October 30, 2002 - In Minnesota, becomes the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's candidate, filling the ballot position of the late Senator Paul Wellstone, who died October 25, 2002, in a plane crash while campaigning for re-election. November 11, 2002 - Is defeated by Norm Coleman (R) in the race for theÃÂ ...
KMSP-TV
December 31, 1999
... there's also a petition to change the name to Lake Wellstone--after U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash 15 years ago.
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