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Minnesota Primaries Set Up Rematch For Wellstone, Boschwitz
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| Contributor | Eric |
| Last Edited | Eric Jul 03, 2005 12:42am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, September 24, 1996 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Republican Sen. Rudy Boschwitz secured Sept. 10 the rematch he had been waiting for against Minnesota's Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone, the upstart challenger who caused Boschwitz to be the lone incumbent senator defeated in 1990.
Both Boschwitz and Wellstone soundly defeated several opponents in their respective primaries, setting up the long anticipated second round of their rivalry. Wellstone, then a college professor running a quixotic campaign, won the 1990 round by just 2 percentage points when intraparty squabbling weakened the state GOP.
Wellstone's first term has had its highs and lows in the eyes of Minnesota voters. But he has mounted a stronger re- election campaign than his detractors had expected, and he has run even or better with Boschwitz in independent polls this year.
The Democrat faced three challengers Sept. 10, none of whom had a competitive campaign apparatus, and emerged with 86 percent of the primary vote. Boschwitz took 81 percent of the vote against four other Republicans. The best known of the four, former State Commerce Commissioner Bert McKasy, got 6 percent despite having dropped out of the race in late July. |
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