Paul Wellstone nació el 21 de julio de 1944 en Washington, Distrito de Columbia, EE.UU.. Estuvo casado con Sheila Wellstone. Murió el 25 de octubre de 2002 en Minnesota, Estados Unidos.
First elected United States senator from Minnesota in 1990. He served
until his death from a plane crash in 2002 during a heated re-election
bid against former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman. Former Vice-President
Walter Mondale replaced Wellstone as the Democratic candidate, and
narrowly lost to Coleman.