United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1982
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The 1982 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on November 5, 1982. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator David Durenberger
won re-election to his first full term.
and heir to a department store, his networth was an estimated $30 million. Durenberger, who was appointed to the seat in 1978 and won the special election that same year, was largely unknown. He was considered as a moderate, but supported Reagan's tax cuts. Dayton ran against Reaganomics
. He has also campaigned against tax breaks for the wealthy and even promised "to close tax loopholes for the rich and the corporations—and if you think that includes the Daytons, you're right." By the end of September, the senate election already became the most expensive election of all-time, with over $8 million being spent. Dayton spent over $5 million, while Durenberger spent over $2 million.
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger is an American politician and a former Republican member of the U.S. Senate from Minnesota.- Early life :...
won re-election to his first full term.
Major candidates
Campaign
Dayton, 35, self-financed his campaign. Married to a RockefellerRockefeller family
The Rockefeller family , the Cleveland family of John D. Rockefeller and his brother William Rockefeller , is an American industrial, banking, and political family of German origin that made one of the world's largest private fortunes in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th...
and heir to a department store, his networth was an estimated $30 million. Durenberger, who was appointed to the seat in 1978 and won the special election that same year, was largely unknown. He was considered as a moderate, but supported Reagan's tax cuts. Dayton ran against Reaganomics
Reaganomics
Reaganomics refers to the economic policies promoted by the U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s, also known as supply-side economics and called trickle-down economics, particularly by critics...
. He has also campaigned against tax breaks for the wealthy and even promised "to close tax loopholes for the rich and the corporations—and if you think that includes the Daytons, you're right." By the end of September, the senate election already became the most expensive election of all-time, with over $8 million being spent. Dayton spent over $5 million, while Durenberger spent over $2 million.