Bob Kasten

Bob Kasten
Bob Kasten
	4th district
	In office; January 1, 1973 – January 3, 1975
Preceded by	Nile Soik
Succeeded by	Jim Sensenbrenner
Personal details
Born	Robert Walter Kasten Jr.; June 19, 1942 (age 81); Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Eva Jean Nimmons, Sarah Kasten
Education	University of Arizona (BA); Columbia University (MBA)

Robert Walter "Bob" Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.

Background

Kasten was born in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended the Milwaukee Country Day School before graduating in 1960 from The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1964 from the University of Arizona in Tucson, and received his M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School in 1966. He served in the Wisconsin Air National Guard from 1966 to 1972.^[1]

Elected office

Kasten was elected to the

Governor of Wisconsin in 1978 , but lost the Republican nomination to Lee S. Dreyfus

, who went on to win the general election.

Kasten ran for the

1962

by Nelson.

In 1985, Kasten was arrested and charged with

District of Columbia police officer observed him running a red light and driving on the wrong side of the road.^[2] The charges were later dropped.^{[citation needed}

]

In

1986, Kasten narrowly defeated Democrat Ed Garvey to win a second term after a very bitter campaign, one that was characterized by personal attacks and is remembered as one of the nastiest elections in Wisconsin history.^[3] Kasten was defeated by Democratic state Senator Russ Feingold

in 1992.

Kasten voted in favor of the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday and the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 (as well as to override President Reagan's veto).^[4]^[5]^[6] Kasten voted in favor of the nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court.

After the Senate

Since 1993, he has been President of Kasten & Company, a consulting firm. In July 2007, Kasten joined the presidential campaign of Republican Rudy Giuliani as a foreign policy adviser.^[7] He chaired Giuliani's Wisconsin campaign, along with former U.S. Representative Scott Klug and former State Senator Cathy Stepp.^[8]

After Giuliani dropped out, Kasten endorsed his close friend and former Senate colleague John McCain.^[9] In April 2016, Kasten endorsed Republican frontrunner Donald Trump for president in 2016, becoming part of Trump's foreign policy advisory team.^[10]

Electoral history

Wisconsin U.S. Senate election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Russ Feingold	1,290,662	52.6
	Republican	Bob Kasten (incumbent)	1,129,599	46.0

Wisconsin U.S. Senate election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Kasten (incumbent)	754,573	50.9
	Democratic	Ed Garvey	702,963	47.4

Wisconsin U.S. Senate election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Kasten	1,106,311	50.2
	Democratic	Gaylord Nelson (incumbent)	1,065,487	48.3

Cultural references

Writer

better source needed] A student political party on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus satirically named themselves the "Bob Kasten School of Driving" (a reference to his DUI arrest); it won the campus-wide elections in 1986 and 1987.^[12]

References

^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1991-1992,' Biographical Sketch of Robert W. Kasten, pg. 11
^ "Sen. Kasten Accused of Driving While Drunk". Los Angeles Times. December 14, 1985. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
^ Raymond Coffey (October 31, 1986). "Wisconsin Race Hits Low Road". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
^ "TO PASS H.R. 3706. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 19".
^ "TO PASS S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE THE BROAD COVERAGE AND CLARIFY FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY PROVIDING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION IS FEDERALLY FUNDED, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE".
^ "TO ADOPT, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE BROAD COVERAGE OF FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY DECLARING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE. TWO-THIRDS OF THE SENATE, HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, OVERRODE THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO".
^ Craig Gilbert; Katherine M. Skiba; Audrey Hoffe (July 21, 2007). "Former Wisconsin senator joins Giuliani's team". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
^ "Regional News Briefs". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. August 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
^ "Former Wisconsin Senator Bob Kasten Endorses John McCain".
^ Gilbert, Craig (February 13, 2008). "Former GOP Sen. Bob Kasten joins Trump foreign policy team". blog.4president.org. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
^ "Senator Bob Kasten". Internationalhero.co.uk. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
^ "Ex-UW Student Prez up for 'Annie'". The Capital Times, January 24, 2005.

External links

Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Appearances on C-SPAN

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Glenn Robert Davis	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 9th congressional district 1975–1979	Succeeded by Jim Sensenbrenner
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Gaylord Nelson	U.S. senator (Class 3) from Wisconsin 1981–1993 Served alongside: William Proxmire, Herb Kohl	Succeeded by Russ Feingold
Party political offices
Preceded by Tom Petri	Class 3) 1980, 1986, 1992	Succeeded by Mark Neumann
Preceded by Thad Cochran	Vice-Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference 1991–1993	Succeeded by Trent Lott
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Connie Mack III as Former US Senator	Order of precedence of the United States as Former US Senator	Succeeded by Rudy Boschwitz as Former US Senator

[1] 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1991-1992,' Biographical Sketch of Robert W. Kasten, pg. 11

[2] "Sen. Kasten Accused of Driving While Drunk". Los Angeles Times. December 14, 1985. Retrieved November 19, 2016.

[3] Raymond Coffey (October 31, 1986). "Wisconsin Race Hits Low Road". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 19, 2016.

[4] "TO PASS H.R. 3706. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 19".

[5] "TO PASS S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE THE BROAD COVERAGE AND CLARIFY FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY PROVIDING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION IS FEDERALLY FUNDED, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE".

[6] "TO ADOPT, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE BROAD COVERAGE OF FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY DECLARING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE. TWO-THIRDS OF THE SENATE, HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, OVERRODE THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO".

[7] Craig Gilbert; Katherine M. Skiba; Audrey Hoffe (July 21, 2007). "Former Wisconsin senator joins Giuliani's team". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2016.

[8] "Regional News Briefs". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. August 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.

[9] "Former Wisconsin Senator Bob Kasten Endorses John McCain".

[10] Gilbert, Craig (February 13, 2008). "Former GOP Sen. Bob Kasten joins Trump foreign policy team". blog.4president.org. Retrieved November 19, 2016.

[11] "Senator Bob Kasten". Internationalhero.co.uk. Retrieved November 19, 2016.

[12] "Ex-UW Student Prez up for 'Annie'". The Capital Times, January 24, 2005.

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