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Republican Norm Coleman also held a narrow lead over former Vice President Walter Mondale in the Minnesota Senate race. Mondale was added to the Democratic ticket only a week ago, after incumbent Sen. Paul Wellstone (D) died in a plane crash...
Carnahan was appointed interim senator after her husband, then Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, won his 2000 Senate race against John Ashcroft three weeks after dying in a plane crash...
...President Bush's struggling Homeland Security bill before the new year. Optimism, though, was hard to find among G.O.P. officials, who fear a possible repeat of what one G.O.P. Senator called the "Jean Carnahan syndrome." Two years ago, Carnahan's husband, Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, died in a plane crash while campaigning. His name remained on the ballot, and the deceased Carnahan defeated Republican incumbent John Ashcroft. Jean Carnahan was then appointed to fill his seat for two years...
...these reasons and more, we were disappointed to see politics enter Wellstone’s memorial service last Tuesday night. It began as a somber gathering, with heartfelt speeches from personal friends remembering the senator, his family and the other people who died in the plane crash. The organizers intentionally kept the focus on Wellstone as a person rather than as a politician. But unfortunately, the service ultimately degenerated into partisan rhetoric; the mourners cheered Democrats and booed Republicans who had come to pay their respects to one of the Senate’s most dedicated public servants...
...Minnesota Coleman vs. Mondale This is the talker of the Senate races; Senator Paul Wellstone's sudden death in a plane crash just one week before the election left many Minnesotans wondering how to talk politics at such a tragic time. That hesitancy seems to have dissipated; Norm Coleman, the former St. Paul mayor, and Walter Mondale, the former Carter V.P. and presidential candidate met for a debate Monday, just hours before voters head to the polls. This one is too close to call...