Posted on 01/31/2023 8:50:54 AM PST by Red Badger
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Former U.S. Senator David Durenberger, a Minnesota Republican who espoused a progressive brand of politics and criticized the GOP after his political career, died Tuesday at age 88.
Durenberger’s health had declined in recent months, his longtime spokesperson Tom Horner said. Horner told The Associated Press that Durenberger died Tuesday morning of natural causes. He was at his St. Paul home surrounded by family.
Durenberger — a former executive secretary to GOP Gov. Harold LeVander, former corporate attorney and former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve — won a U.S. Senate seat in 1978. He served three terms and championed health care reform. He pushed proposals to expand Medicare benefits, protect rights for disabled people, including the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, and to promote gender equity.
“Senator Dave Durenberger was a true public servant,” Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, of Minnesota, said in a statement. Klobuchar, who holds Durenberger’s old seat, said he had personally showed her much kindness when she was first elected in 2006.
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Fixed it.
About the only positive thing I can say about him is that he was to the right of Paul Wellstone. Of course, that is damning with faint praise.
Now he really is...................
Minnesota-he’s the best we could do. Same with Collins. You folks don’t get it.
“...Republican who espoused a progressive brand of politics...”
Oh. A democrat.
He abused his office and got a slap on the wrist. Once out, endorsed Demonrats for office. He left the GOP 20 years ago, but lamented the party couldn’t be Communist like the other. Prayers for a misguided soul.
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