Wisconsin campaign, along with former U.S. Representative Scott Klug and former State Senator Cathy Stepp. After Giuliani dropped out, Kasten endorsed his close friend and former Senate colleague John McCain. In April 2016, Kasten endorsed Republican frontrunner Donald Trump for president in 2016, becoming part of Trump's foreign policy advisory team. Electoral history Cultural references Writer Mike Baron named a recurring character in his Wisconsin-based comic book Badger after Kasten, then Wisconsin's junior senator. The character, a peg-legged, vampire-hunting pig named "Senator Bob Kasten", made several appearances in the series. A student political party on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus satirically named themselves the "Bob Kasten School of Driving" (a reference to his DUI arrest); it won the campus-wide elections in 1986 and 1987. References External links 1942 births Living people American Episcopalians Republican Party United States senators from Wisconsin Republican Party Wisconsin state senators Choate Rosemary Hall alumni Columbia Business School alumni University of Arizona alumni Politicians from Milwaukee Military personnel from Milwaukee People from Wallingford, Connecticut Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin Members of Congress who became lobbyists