Rudy Boschwitz Candidate

Born:	November 7, 1930 Berlin, Berlin Berlin County Germany
Resided:	St. Paul, Minnesota Ramsey County
Death:	--
Gender:	Man
Occupation:	Founder and chairman of Plywood Minnesota, Inc.
Military Service:	U.S. Army, Signal orps (1954-1955).
Political Party:	Independent-Republican; Republican
Offices Held:	U.S. Senator (1978-1991).
Sources:	Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Winona Sunday News, April 9, 1978 (p. 3).

Photo of Rudy Boschwitz (detail from print campaign advertisement).
Minneapolis Tribune, June 25, 1978 (p. A8).

Number of state/federal offices sought	Number of campaigns	Number of winning campaigns
1	8	6

Date	Election	Stage	Party	Votes	Percent	Result
11/05/1996	U.S. Senate	General	Republican	901,282	41.29%	Lost
09/10/1996	U.S. Senate	Primary	Republican	158,678	80.59%	Won
11/06/1990	U.S. Senate	General	Independent-Republican	864,375	47.81%	Lost
09/11/1990	U.S. Senate	Primary	Independent-Republican	293,619	86.92%	Won
11/06/1984	U.S. Senate	General	Independent-Republican	1,199,926	58.08%	Won
09/11/1984	U.S. Senate	Primary	Independent-Republican	162,555	96.59%	Won
11/07/1978	U.S. Senate	General	Independent-Republican	894,092	56.57%	Won
09/12/1978	U.S. Senate	Primary	Independent-Republican	185,393	86.81%	Won

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