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To: I_Like_Spam; dawn53
Should point out in 1968 Humphery won because the Democrat's winning candidate Robert Kennedy had been assassinated during the campaign.
29 posted on 03/08/2008 10:52:03 AM PST by MNJohnnie (http://www.iraqvetsforcongress.com ---- Get involved, make a difference.)
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To: MNJohnnie

68 was sort of a special circumstance, with President Johnson pulling out of the race late, as well as the assassination of one of the leading contenders.

But it also happened in 1940, Wilkie was nominated without campaigning in the primaries, and I don’t believe that FDR competed that year and didn’t declare until quite late.


33 posted on 03/08/2008 11:05:43 AM PST by I_Like_Spam
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