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The George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign began when United States Senator George McGovern from South Dakota launched his second candidacy for the Presidency of the United States in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to win the 1972 presidential election against incumbent president Richard Nixon, winning only in the District of Columbia and ...
- Come Home, America, McGovern. Democrat. For the People
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- Announced: January 18, 1971, Official nominee: July 13, 1972, Lost election: November 7, 1972
George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election.
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U.S. presidential election of 1972, American presidential election held on November 7, 1972, in which Republican President Richard Nixon was elected to a second term, defeating Democratic candidate George McGovern in one of the largest landslides in U.S. history. Learn more about the election.
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Mar 25, 2024 · George McGovern (born July 19, 1922, Avon, South Dakota, U.S.—died October 21, 2012, Sioux Falls, South Dakota) was an American politician who was an unsuccessful reformist Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1972.
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Nov 23, 2021 · Nov. 16, 2021. His focus is the 1972 campaign of the late South Dakota Sen. George McGovern. The story, told in seven episodes, begins in 1968 — one of the most tumultuous years in modern...
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Oct 21, 2012 · George McGovern, 1972. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. By Ben Cosgrove. October 21, 2012 5:48 AM EDT. F ormer U.S. Senator and 1972 presidential candidate George S....
Oct 21, 2012 · Former Sen. George McGovern died Sunday morning. He was best known as the Democratic Party's ill-fated nominee against President Nixon in 1972, a textbook case of how not to run for the White...
