Watch: Senator Al Franken gave an emotional tribute to the late Senator Paul Wellstone on the Senate floor Wednesday -- the 15th anniversary of the plane crash that claimed his life. | WCCO & CBS News Minnesota

27K views · 390 reactions | This is powerful. "Kids tell me politics is fake, corrupt, phony. I tell them politics doesn't have to be that way. Politics can be about the improvement of people's lives." Paul Wellstone was right. Politics must always be rooted in making people's lives better. While Paul may be gone, his values, words, and legacy continue to inspire us in our fight for a better Minnesota. #DFL75 | Minnesota DFL Party | Facebook

It's been 16 years since we lost Paul Wellstone. But his voice, his moral clarity, and his optimism about politics as a powerful force for good are stronger than ever in the DFLers who continue the fight for a Minnesota that works for all of us. Each of us — the volunteers putting in another shift in a phone bank, the canvassers knocking on just one more door, even though their feet are sore and their voices hoarse, the college students organizing on college campuses in Morris and Winona and Min

50K views · 408 reactions | In loving memory of Paul Wellstone, (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) | The People For Bernie Sanders | Facebook

28K views · 307 reactions | Fifteen years ago, Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash along with his wife, daughter, three campaign workers and both pilots. Here's how WCCO covered the candidate with the green bus, and how Don Shelby memorialized him in 2002. | WCCO & CBS News Minnesota | Facebook