Congress, Politics, Books
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Congressional Chronicle
  • "The Contenders" Looks at George McGovern

    In 1972, Democratic Party nominee and anti-Vietnam war candidate George McGovern loses in a historic landslide to President Richard Nixon, garnering only 37.5% of the popular vote and even dropping his home-state of South Dakota. Full Story »

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