Political science professor [[Paul Wellstone]] pulled a major upset by defeating well funded Republican Senator [[Rudy Boschwitz]] in [[Minnesota]]. Conservative Senator [[Jesse Helms]] of [[North Carolina]] was narrowly reelected with 52% of the vote, after airing a controversial advertisement on racial quotas that featured a white man's hands ripping up a rejection letter from an employer. In [[New Jersey]], Democratic Senator [[Bill Bradley]] faced a surprisingly close race against Republican [[Christine Todd Whitman]], which helped propel her to being elected governor in 1993. | Political science professor [[Paul Wellstone]] pulled a major upset by defeating well funded Republican Senator [[Rudy Boschwitz]] in [[Minnesota]]. Conservative Senator [[Jesse Helms]] of [[North Carolina]] was narrowly reelected with 52% of the vote, after airing a controversial advertisement on racial quotas that featured a white man's hands ripping up a rejection letter from an employer. In [[New Jersey]], Democratic Senator [[Bill Bradley]] faced a surprisingly close race against Republican [[Christine Todd Whitman]], which helped propel her to being elected governor in 1993. |