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Election Sunday: Wellstone Plane Crash (2002)
Published 5 years, 5 months ago
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It’s October 25th. On this day in 2002, Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash, eleven days before the midterm election.
Jody and Niki discuss the impact of his death on the midterm election that year, and the political legacy Wellstone left behind.
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