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Bob Welch, a former Cy Young Award winner and the last Major League pitcher to win at least 25 games in a season, has passed away at the age of 57, the Oakland Athletics announced Tuesday. Welch, a two-time All-Star who posted a 27-6 record as the Cy Young Award winner on the Athletics' 1990 American League championship team, passed away in Seal Beach, Monday night. Cause of death was unavailable. "We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Bob Welch," said A's President Michael Crowley. "He was a legendary pitcher who enjoyed many of his best seasons with...

Early Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch was found dead Thursday afternoon (June 7) from what police are describing as a self-inflicted gun shot wound. According to the Associated Press, the 65-year-old Welch shot himself in the chest inside his Nashville-area home. The rocker was a part of the group from 1971 to 1974, before the band really took off with the ‘Fleetwood Mac’ and ‘Rumours’ albums. He was a part of ‘Future Games (1971), ‘Bare Trees (1972)’ and ‘Mystery to Me (1973).’ Those weren’t immediate commercial successes, but they went on to achieve Gold or Platinum certification in the U.S....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville police say Bob Welch, a former member of Fleetwood Mac who also had a solo career, has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 65. Police spokesman Don Aaron said Welch was found dead by his wife with a chest wound at their Nashville home around 12:15 p.m. Thursday.

Things that are going on today with the economy, and how the goverenmet is handling all of it, was specifically predicted back in 1958 by Robert Welch.

Republicans have settled on Senate nominees in four states since our last roundup. Candidates in Georgia and Oklahoma avoided runoffs, a beer man in Colorado received his party's nod, and a carpetbagger descended on Illinois. The next important GOP decision comes in Florida, where a crowded field of senatorial wannabes is winnowing down to a two-man race. Herewith, a review of this year's hottest Senate races: ALASKA: Expect Republican senator Lisa Murkowski to blow by former state senator Mike Miller in the GOP primary on August 24. Then she'll move on to face former Democratic governor Tony Knowles in the...

E-mail Author Author Archive Send to a Friend <% printurl = Request.ServerVariables("URL")%> Print Version August 02, 2004, 8:37 a.m. 100% Pure ConservativeWisconsin's Bob Welch: Not Watered Down. Looking for a dark-horse Republican in this year's Senate elections? Try Bob Welch of Wisconsin, a true-blue conservative running against an unexpectedly weak incumbent, Democratic senator Russ Feingold. If Welch can win the GOP nomination next month, he may yet become the Saxby Chambliss of 2004 — the guy much of official Washington wrote off, who nevertheless went on to a surprise victory in November. "Feingold is a creature of the left-wing"...

It sounds almost too good to be true. State Sen. Bob Welch raised better than half a million dollars last year in his bid to challenge U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold this fall, yet his campaign paid staffers for its fund-raiser, Gateway Ventures, a mere $1,400 in 2003. How could a campaign spend so little to raise so much? Welch's folks chalk it up to being stingy with their checkbook. "We're as frugal with our (campaign) expenditures as Bob is with Wisconsinites' tax dollars," the Welch camp said in a statement issued earlier this year. But look at Welch's state campaign...

The Wisconsin Right to Life Political Action Committee endorsed three of the four Republicans seeking to unseat U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) without expressing a clear preference for any of the three. The committee endorsed state Sen. Bob Welch, car dealer Russ Darrow and Oconomowoc businessman Tim Michels over Feingold, but did not mention the fourth Republican, Robert Gerald Lorge, a lawyer from Bear Creek. Lorge, who ran an unsuccessful campaign for secretary of state in 2002, announced his candidacy after the other three Republicans. The political action committee for Wisconsin Right to Life also endorsed President Bush in his...

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., co-author of past campaign finance reform legislation, has earned more money for his re-election campaign for the U.S. Senate than his three Republican opponents combined. As of the Sept. 30 third-quarter filing period last year, Feingold amassed $2.3 million for his re-election campaign. Challenger Russ Darrow earned nearly $900,000 by that date, followed by Tim Michels, who raised more than $550,000. State Sen. Bob Welch, R-Marion, finished at the bottom of the Republican candidate pool with $300,000. Four times a year, candidates are required to report the amount their campaign has raised. Since then, Republican...

MADISON - Millionaire car salesman Russ Darrow raised $1.38 million last year for his U.S. Senate bid, including $475,000 in the fourth quarter alone, according to campaign finance reports Darrow released Saturday. Darrow got $442,257 in contributions from individuals between October and the end of the year, according to the reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. He took $20,000 from political action committees and gave himself $12,843. He had $1.12 million in the bank at the end of the year. Darrow is one of a trio of Republican candidates vying to challenge incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold in November. He...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold says he’ll fight a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage this year, while two of his would-be GOP challengers support the proposal. Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat facing re-election this fall, calls the amendment an ‘‘abuse’’ of the Constitution. Most members of the state’s congressional delegation, regardless of party, also oppose it. Republican Senate candidates Tim Michels and Bob Welch support the amendment, while the third candidate, Russ Darrow, said he’s undecided. The amendment by Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo., defines marriage as a union of a man and woman, and prohibits both the state and...

WASHINGTON — Senate GOP candidate Tim Michels said Friday that he raised a little over $1 million last year, including $500,000 in loans he made to his campaign. Michels, a construction company owner, is one of three candidates in the Republican primary in Wisconsin, along with car dealer Russ Darrow and state Sen. Bob Welch. The winner will take on Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis. Michels was the only candidate to release his 2003 fund-raising figures Friday. The deadline is Jan. 31. But Darrow campaign manager Eric Schutt said his candidate’s fund-raising totals will exceed Michels’. Schutt declined to provide any...

Republicans mark state as key in 2004 election Excerpted from the Associated Press; October 29, 2003 Madison — Republicans will target U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold and Rep. Ron Kind as they try to increase their majorities in Congress and win Wisconsin for President Bush in next year's elections, the national GOP chairman said Tuesday. The Republican Party has marked Wisconsin as a key battleground state for the 2004 race ever since Bush lost the state to Al Gore in 2000 by fewer than 6,000 votes... ..."Wisconsin is trending our way. It's not just my gut. It's what you see on...

Senator aiming to unseat Feingold By DAN EGAN degan@journalsentinel.com Last Updated: July 19, 2003 Republican State Sen. Bob Welch announced Saturday he will challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Russ Feingold in the 2004 election. State Sen. Bob Welch Photo/File Welch was trounced in his 1994 race against Sen. Herb Kohl, and he is already calling this an "underdog" campaign. That doesn't mean he is lacking confidence. "Taking on an entrenched, liberal incumbent may be a formidable task, but we're putting together a great and growing team that will lead us, and Wisconsin, to victory in 2004," Welch said in a statement....