1. Bob Kasten served in the Wisconsin Air National Guard from 1966 to 1972.
12 Facts About Bob Kasten
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Bob Kasten ran for Governor of Wisconsin in 1978, but lost the Republican nomination to Lee S Dreyfus, who went on to win the general election.
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Bob Kasten ran for the United States Senate in 1980 and narrowly defeated Democrat and incumbent Senator Gaylord Nelson.
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Bob Kasten was the first Republican to represent Wisconsin in the US Senate since Alexander Wiley left office in 1963.
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In 1985, Bob Kasten was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after a District of Columbia police officer observed him running a red light and driving on the wrong side of the road.
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In 1986, Bob 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.
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Bob Kasten was defeated by Democratic state Senator Russ Feingold in 1992.
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Bob Kasten voted in favor of the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr.
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Bob Kasten voted in favor of the nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court.
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In July 2007, Bob Kasten joined the presidential campaign of Republican Rudy Giuliani as a foreign policy adviser.
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Bob Kasten chaired Giuliani's Wisconsin campaign, along with former US Representative Scott Klug and former State Senator Cathy Stepp.
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The character, a peg-legged, vampire-hunting pig named "Senator Bob Kasten", made several appearances in the series.