Facts About Sen. Paul Wellstone

.c The Associated Press

NAME - Paul Wellstone

AGE - 58; July 21, 1944

EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree, University of North Carolina, 1965; doctorate in political science, University of North Carolina, 1969.

EXPERIENCE - Political science professor, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., 1969-90. U.S. senator, 1991-2002.

FAMILY - Married Sheila Ison in 1963. Three children, David, Marcia and Mark; six grandchildren.

BACKGROUND - Born to Russian immigrants Leon and Minnie Wellstone, raised in Arlington, Va.

POLITICAL BACKGROUND - In 1990, launched longshot bid for Senate, touring Minnesota in rickety old green bus that became synonymous with his campaign. Scored stunning defeat of Republican Sen. Rudy Boschwitz. Afterward, left-leaning Mother Jones magazine called him ``the first 1960s radical elected to the U.S. Senate.'' Wellstone had been in tough race for third term against former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman.