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 David Durenberger was elected to replace Hubert and Muriel Humphrey as the senior U.S. Senator from Minnesota in 1978. The only Minnesota Republican in history elected to three terms in the Senate, Durenberger retired in 1995, having served 16 years on the Senate Finance Committee where he was chair or ranking on its health subcommittee.
Durenberger also served 12 years on Environment and Public Works, ten years on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, four years on Government Affairs, and eight years on the Select Committee on Intelligence which he chaired in 1985-86.
He is founder and current Chair of the National Institute of Health Policy at the Opus College of Business of the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis. He has also served on various national health commissions and boards including the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. He currently serves on the Board of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
Durenberger has authored books on health policy and national security policy, is a nationally sought after public speaker, and writes a popular bi-weekly national commentary on current events.
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