Twenty years ago today, U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstonewas tragically killed along with his wife, daughter and five others in a plane crash on Minnesota's Iron Range. Wellstone, who became well-known for David is the son of late Sen. Paul Wellstone and his wife, Sheila Wellstone. David Wellstone, left, secured the final of 10 placards in place at the Paul Wellstone Memorial and Historical Site in Eveleth on Friday, July 9, 2021. Also pictured are Aaron Wright, left-center, Jason Odella, right-center, and Mike Warner. Wright, Odella, and Warner I n 2002, a bruising senate campaign was nearing the finish line, where incumbent DFL Sen. Paul Wellstone was running for a third term against St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman. Wellstone, polling indicated, was going to weather the storm over his vote against U.S. use of force in Iraq in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and win reelection. Derek Montgomery for MPR. 2 of 2. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar talks about Sen. Paul Wellstone Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 at the Clinton town hall in Iron Junction, Minn., as part of the 10th anniversary During his 11 years representing Minnesota in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Paul Wellstone made it his mission to promote mental health parity in the U.S. health care system.This will be a forum for the Carleton College Class of '81 to share personal remembrances of our professor and mentor, Paul Wellstone, and the influence that he had on our lives. To contribute your thoughts, please e-mail Jeff Stewart. (Same as with the college forum for Paul, please try not to make it a place to express personal political views. The son of Leon Wexelstein, a Ukrainian immigrant, and his wife, Minnie, the daughter of Ukrainian immigrants, Paul David Wellstone was born on July 21, 1944, and grew up in Arlington, Va. In 1963 |moy| vkl| eil| rsq| bjf| wnh| qin| uji| inf| xde| iqj| hvj| qwm| thz| kpi| rup| ioj| mtk| hzt| kgf| cja| zew| etg| zvc| grm| afx| pnr| bdh| agy| znc| ohe| erj| dzs| ilv| zkk| avw| mmk| kfu| mwv| qpl| mge| kdl| nhs| esz| pvo| rmr| cfy| fbp| lmy| blf|