What key details about paul wellstone can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: paul david wellstone -lrb- july 21 , 1944 -- october 25 , 2002 -rrb- was an american academic and politician who represented minnesota in the united states senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash in eveleth , minnesota in 2002 . a member of the democratic farmer-labor party , wellstone was a leading spokesman for the progressive wing of the national democratic party . born in washington d.c. , wellstone graduated from the university of north carolina at chapel hill with a b.a. and ph.d. in political science . he was a professor at carleton college in northfield , minnesota and a community organizer in rice county prior to entering public office . in 1982 , he ran an unsuccessful campaign for state auditor against republican arne carlson . wellstone gained national attention after his upset victory over republican incumbent rudy boschwitz in the 1990 us senate election . widely considered an underdog and outspent by a 7-to-1 margin , he was the only democratic candidate to defeat a republican senator in the 1990 election cycle . in his 1996 reelection campaign he defeated boschwitz in a rematch . he won both senate elections with a majority of the popular vote . in 1999 , wellstone formed an exploratory committee to run for president of the united states in the 2000 election . after campaigning in the early primary states , he announced he would not seek the presidency because of sustained physical limitations from a college wrestling injury . his condition was later diagnosed as multiple sclerosis . as senator , wellstone authored the wellstone amendment for the mccain-feingold bill in the bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002 . his efforts toward campaign finance reform were posthumously overturned in 2010 by the u.s. supreme court in citizens united v. federal election commission . in 2002 , he was the only senator facing reelection to vote against the congressional authorization for the war in iraq . eleven days before his 2002 u.s. senate election , wellstone died in a plane crash in...
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- imagesize is 220px- death place is eveleth , minnesota- jr/sr is united states senator- preceded is rudy boschwitz- term is january 3 , 1991 -- october 25 , 2002- party is democratic-farmer-labor- death date is 25 october 2002- spouse is sheila wellstone -lrb- 1944 -- 2002 -rrb-- succeeded is dean barkley- birth date is 21 july 1944- state is minnesota- children is david 2002 -rrb- wellstone mark wellstone marcia wellstone -lrb- 1969 --- birthname is paul david wellstone- birth place is washington , d.c.- religion is judaism- alma mater is university of north carolina at chapel hill