Bob Kasten
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United States Senator from Wisconsin |
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In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Gaylord Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Russ Feingold |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Glenn R. Davis |
| Succeeded by | Jim Sensenbrenner |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Senate for the 4th district |
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In office 1973–1975 |
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| Preceded by | Nile Soik |
| Succeeded by | Nile Soik |
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Robert Walter Kasten, Jr. June 19, 1942 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Kasten |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Robert Walter "Bob" Kasten, Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is a Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a U.S. Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Kasten was born in Milwaukee. He graduated 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.
Kasten was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1972. In 1974, he was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican. He was reelected in 1976. He ran for Governor of Wisconsin in 1978, but lost the Republican nomination to Lee S. Dreyfus. Kasten ran for the United States Senate in 1980 and narrowly defeated Democrat and incumbent Senator Gaylord Nelson. Kasten's victory was propelled in part by the popularity of Ronald Reagan at the top of the Republican ticket. In the Senate, Kasten was an outspoken conservative. He was the first Republican to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate since Alexander Wiley left office in 1963 after being defeated in 1962 by Nelson.
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