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Twenty years after U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash on the Iron Range — along with his wife Sheila, daughter Marcia, three campaign staffers and the two pilots — there are new ...

REUTERS/Andy King. Oct. 21, 2022. Sen. Tina Smith remembers exactly when she knew, the morning of October 25, 2002, that Sen. Paul Wellstone had died. She was a DFL operative then, advising Roger...

Paul Wellstone's Legacy, 10 Years Later He perished in a plane crash a decade ago, but the scrappy two-term senator from Minnesota's work still touches millions of lives. By Al Franken

Paul David Wellstone, (born July 21, 1944, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died Oct. 25, 2002, near Eveleth, Minn.), U.S. senator from Minnesota (1991–2002) who was often referred to as the most liberal member of the Senate and who was respected as a man of principle who did not forsake his convictions for political expediency.

Paul Wellstone once described himself by saying, “I’m short, I’m Jewish, and I’m a liberal.”. He was also a Southerner, a college professor, and a rural community organizer who became a two-term U.S. senator from Minnesota. He inspired a passionate following, in Minnesota and among liberals nationwide.