What party was Paul Wellstone, the Minnesota United States Senator, and the person The Wellstone Action group, the 501(c)(4) advocacy organization named for, from?
Wellstone Action Wellstone Action is a 501(c)(4) progressive advocacy organization founded by Jeff Blodgett. Based in Minnesota, it trains community organizers, student activists, campaign staff, progressive candidates and elected officials. The organization is named after Paul Wellstone, a U.S. Senator who died in a plane crash along with his wife Sheila and daughter Marcia on October 25, 2002. After Wellstone's death, his surviving children and former campaign manager founded the group to carry on Wellstone's populist approach to progressive politics.
Don Betzold Donald "Don" Betzold (born August 27, 1950) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 51, which includes portions of Anoka, Hennepin and Ramsey counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Prior to the 2002 redistricting, the area was known as District 48. A Democrat, he was first elected to the Senate in 1992, and was re-elected in 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2006. He was unseated by Republican Pam Wolf in the 2010 general election.