Paul Wellstone

Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American politician and two-term U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and was a professor of political science at Carleton College before being elected to the Senate in 1990. Wellstone was a liberal and a leading spokesperson for the progressive wing of the national Democratic Party. He served in the Senate until his death in a plane crash on 25 October 2002. His wife, Sheila, and daughter, Marcia, also died in the crash. They had two other grown children, David and Mark, who now co-chair the Wellstone Action nonprofit group.

External links and references

• Wellstone Action, an advocacy group organized by Wellstone's survivors.
• Senator, family members killed in Minnesota plane crash, CNN, October 25, 2002
• Friends Recall Dreamer, Roll Call, October 28, 2002
• Congress Mourns Wellstone, Roll Call, October 28, 2002
• Minnesota Crash Kills Wellstone Amid Senate Fight, The New York Times, October 26, 2002
• Minnesota Senator Is Among 8 Dead in Crash, The New York Times, October 25, 2002
• THE SENATOR: Paul Wellstone, 58, Icon of Liberalism in Senate, Dies, The New York Times, October 26, 2002 obituary
• THE FAMILY: A Lifetime Together, Serving the People, The New York Times, October 26, 2002
• Specter of War Sets Debate in a Tight Race in Minnesota, The New York Times, October 5, 2002
• Minnesota Swing Voters Are Seen as Crucial in Senate Race, The New York Times, March 10, 2002
• Senator Wellstone of Minnesota Says He Has Multiple Sclerosis, The New York Times, February 25, 2002
• Aircraft Accident Report: Loss of Control and Impact With Terrain Aviation Charter, Inc. Raytheon (Beechcraft) King Air A100, N41BE Eveleth, Minnesota October 25, 2002, National Transportation Safety Board, report number AAR-03-03, adopted on November 18, 2003

Further reading

• Fetzer, Jim and Jacobs, Don Trent, American Assassination: the Strange Death of Senator Paul Wellstone, Vox Pop, 2004.
• McGrath, Dennis J. and Smith, Dane, Professor Wellstone Goes to Washington: The Inside Story of a Grassroots U.S. Senate Campaign, University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
• Wellstone, Paul, The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda, University of Minnesota Press, 2002.
• Wellstone, Paul, How the Rural Poor Got Poorer: Narrative of a Grass-Roots Organizer, University of Minnesota Press, 2003.