Rudy Boschwitz was born in Berlin to a Jewish family.
24 Facts About Rudy Boschwitz
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When Rudy Boschwitz was two years old, he and his family fled the country due to Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
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Rudy Boschwitz grew up in New Rochelle, New York, and graduated with a JD degree from New York University School of Law in 1953.
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Rudy Boschwitz moved to Minnesota where he started a retail lumber store chain named Plywood Minnesota.
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Rudy Boschwitz grew the lumber chain into a successful business with 70 stores.
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Rudy Boschwitz became well-known for starring in Plywood Minnesota's television commercials, wearing his signature plaid flannel shirts.
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Rudy Boschwitz first ran for elected office in Minnesota's 1978 US Senate election and defeated Democratic incumbent Wendell Anderson.
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Rudy Boschwitz was reelected in 1984 by a landslide margin.
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Rudy Boschwitz ran for reelection to a third term in the 1990 election against Democrat Paul Wellstone.
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Rudy Boschwitz was defeated again by Wellstone in a rematch election in 1996.
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Rudy Boschwitz served on the commission from 2005 until 2006.
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Rudy Boschwitz notably had a popular flavored milk stand at the Minnesota State Fair.
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Rudy Boschwitz was born November 7,1930, in Berlin, Germany, the son of Lucy and Eli Rudy Boschwitz.
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Rudy Boschwitz was admitted to the New York State bar in 1954 and the Wisconsin bar in 1959.
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Rudy Boschwitz was the founder and chairman of a plywood and home improvement retailer, Plywood Minnesota, which later became Home Valu Interiors.
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Rudy Boschwitz was elected as an Republican to the United States Senate in November 1978 and was appointed on December 30,1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wendell Anderson, who was appointed to fill the seat after Walter Mondale was elected Vice President two years earlier.
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Rudy Boschwitz was well known in Minnesota for operating a "flavored milk" booth at the Minnesota State Fair.
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Rudy Boschwitz voted in favor of the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr.
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Rudy Boschwitz voted in favor of the nomination of Robert Bork to the US Supreme Court.
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The negotiations Rudy Boschwitz led in Ethiopia resulted in Operation Solomon.
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Rudy Boschwitz was a top "Bush Pioneer" in 2000, fund-raising $388,193, and a "Bush Ranger" in 2004, raising at least $200,000 for George W Bush's campaign fund in that election cycle.
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Rudy Boschwitz supported John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.
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Rudy Boschwitz appeared at a McCain Straight Talk Town Hall Meeting in Lakeville, MN on October 10,2008.
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Rudy Boschwitz presently serves on the board of directors of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, is an AIPAC Board Member, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.