Years in Senate: 1978-95
Party: Republican
State: Minnesota
Like Hutchison, Durenberger was indicted for misuse of public funds; he had requested reimbursement from the Senate for staying at a condominium that he secretly owned. After pleading guilty to five misdemeanors in 1995, prosecutors fined him $1,000 and sentenced him to a year of probation.
— James Downie and Baird Kellogg