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Jewish senators flourish in Upper Midwest voting patterns
In Minnesota and Wisconsin, multiple Jewish candidates have won Senate seats in recent decades amid a history of reform politics and open-minded electorates. Analysts cite tol- erance, regional demographics, and a progressive tradition as factors behind a string of Jewish winners from Wellstone to Coleman and Kohl to Feingold.
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Washington
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Norm Coleman
Paul Wellstone
Rudy Boschwitz
Wisconsin
Senate
Herb Kohl
Russ Feingold
Wellstone
Boschwitz
Coleman
Walter Mondale
Leslie Kupchella
Steve Schier
Carleton College
Ira Forman
Upper Midwest
Lower Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Forman