# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-kasten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:20:19.460Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-kasten"
name: "Bob Kasten"
slug: "bob-kasten"
description: "Robert Walter Kasten Jr. is an American government affairs consultant, lobbyist, and former Republican politician from Wisconsin. He served 12 years as a United States senator, representing Wisconsin from 1981 to 1993, and served four years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 9th congressional district from 1975 to 1979. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican gubernatorial primary in 1978. Since leaving elected office, he founded Kasten & Company, a Washington, D.C., consulting firm specializing in assisting international businesses in navigating American trade and regulatory policies."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SenatorKasten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             2.122641509433962
  historical:           12.89975066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Боб Кастен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوب كاستن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوب كاستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رابرت دبلیو. کستن جونیور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kasten"
    title: "Bob Kasten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kasten"
    title: "Bob Kasten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88._%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "رابرت دبلیو. کستن جونیور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kasten"
    title: "Bob Kasten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "בוב קאסטן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Kasten_Jr."
    title: "Robert W. Kasten Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kasten"
    title: "Bob Kasten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kasten"
    title: "Bob Kasten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Кастен, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kasten"
    title: "Bob Kasten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kasten"
    title: "Bob Kasten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368462"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump