Nixon vs Reagan ( tickle the uvula alert)

thestonezone ^ | Roger Stone

[Clintonfatigued]

Well-stated. In a way, Truman’s renomination in 1940 was a sign of things to come later. He was challenged in the primary by Governor Lloyd Stark, who Roosevelt privately favored, and U.S. Attorney Maurice Milligan (whose brother had run lost the Democrat primary against Truman in 1934). On primary night, it looked like Truman had narrowly lost. In fact, a major paper announced that Stark had won the primary. But a surprisingly strong showing in St. Louis gave Truman a 7,000 vote victory. But behind this triumph is the fact that Truman would certainly have lost to either in a two-man primary.

That November, he won a 51% to 49% victory over Manvel Davis, a popular state Senator from a Democrat-leaning legislative district in Kansas City. In contrast to the combative Democrat primary, the general election was very polite, in part because both candidates were Masons with a number of mutual friends.