Peter M. Busch
Nickname(s)Pete
Born1934 or 1935
Died (aged 51)
Clark County, ID
Buried
Colton, Washington
Allegiance United States
BranchMarine Corps
Years of service?-1976
RankLieutenant colonel
WarsVietnam War
Other workSenatorial candidate

Peter M. Busch (1934/1935 - April 10, 1986)[1][2] was a U. S. Marine Corps officer and the 1984 Democratic nominee for United States Senate in Idaho.[3][2]

Biography

Peter M. Busch was born in 1934 or 1935.[2] He was a U. S. Marine Corps fighter pilot during the Vietnam War.[2] He flew in about 400 missions during the war and was shot down once.[2][4] He retired from the Marine Corps as a lieutenant colonel in 1976.[2] He ran for the United States Senate for Idaho as a Democrat in 1984.[2][1] He was defeated by the Republican incumbent, Jim McClure,[3] receiving just 26% of the vote.[2] He moved from Lewiston to Caldwell in 1985[4] to run for Idaho's 1st congressional district in the House of Representatives against incumbent Larry E. Craig.[2]

Death

On April 10, 1986, Busch was piloting his private airplane, a single-engine Piper, from Coeur D'Alene to a political convention in Idaho Falls.[2][4] The weather was rainy with heavy fog patches.[2] The plane crashed into a hillside near Dubois,[4] and he, his wife, and former Idaho state senator and Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Terry Reilly, the latter two of whom were passengers, were all killed instantly.[2][4] Busch and his wife were buried in Colton, Washington, on April 15.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lewiston Morning Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Officials Confirm Three Dead In Crash Of Plane Carrying Candidatess". AP NEWS. 1986-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  3. 1 2 "Reagan's win changes little in Congress". The Oil Daily. 1984-11-08. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Spokesman-Review from Spokane, Washington on April 16, 1986 ยท 11". Newspapers.com. 16 April 1986. Retrieved 2021-04-15.


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