Professor Wellstone Goes to Washington: The Inside Story of a Grassroots U.S. Senate Campaign

“This is a book about progressive political energy and what it takes to overcome a plutocratic opponent’s massive reelection apparatus and war chest. Wellstone and his energetic colleagues hurled smarts, sweat, and shoe leather against big money and its smooth slogans — and won. All around the country, citizens who want a government of, by, and for the people can learn from this campaign and win against government of, by, and for the Exxons, General Motors, and DuPonts.” –Ralph Nader

Before he became the most visible symbol of progressive politics in the U.S. Congress, Paul Wellstone was a political science professor and community organizer in Northfield, Minnesota. He went on to serve two terms in the Senate and was in a close race for his third term at the time of his death in October 2002.