Rudy Boschwitz

Rudy Boschwitz REPRepublican

American politician

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Rudy BoschwitzREPRepublican American politician
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MNResidence (state)

Rudolph Ely “Rudy” Boschwitz (born November 7, 1930) is an American politician and businessman who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 1978 until 1991. Boschwitz is a member of the Republican Party. He was born in Berlin to a Jewish family. When Boschwitz was two years old, he and his family fled the country due to Adolf Hitler's rise to power. Boschwitz grew up in New Rochelle, New York, and graduated with a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law in 1953. Boschwitz moved to Minnesota where he started a retail lumber store chain named Plywood Minnesota (later renamed Home Valu). He grew the lumber chain into a successful business with 70 stores. Boschwitz became well-known for starring in Plywood Minnesota's television commercials, wearing his signature plaid flannel shirts.He first ran for elected office in Minnesota's 1978 U.S. Senate election and defeated Democratic incumbent Wendell Anderson. He was reelected in 1984 by a landslide margin. While serving in the U.S. Senate, he was the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 1987 until 1988.

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Education7 - 7 of 5
Johns Hopkins University
New York University
Stern School of Business
The Pennington School
New York University School of Law
Past Positions1 - 5 of 5
US Senator
1978 - 91
Chair
National Republican Senatorial Committee
1987 - 1988
Republican National Committee
1971 - 1978
United States Army
1954 - 1955
Founder
Plywood Minnesota Stores (Now Home Valu)
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