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President Lyndon Johnson, who had not officially entered the race for president, won the primary, but finished with a surprisingly low total of 49%. [1] [2] Eugene McCarthy, then a little-known senator from Minnesota, won 42% of the primary vote. McCarthy's strong showing gave his campaign legitimacy and momentum. [3]
Since the time of McCarthy, the word McCarthyism has entered American speech as a general term for a variety of practices: aggressively questioning a person's patriotism, making poorly supported accusations, using accusations of disloyalty to pressure a person to adhere to conformist politics or to discredit an opponent, subverting civil and ...
McCarthy supporters at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Since President Johnson had dropped out immediately prior to the Wisconsin Primary, McCarthy easily won although he did not face his new challenger, Robert Kennedy, on the ballot, as Kennedy was ineligible for the ballot because he entered the race following the filing deadline. [36]
McCarthy’s first effort fell short last week when Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina won her primary. But McCarthy is just one player lined up against Good in a race that could see him become the ...
In Kentucky’s 4th District, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie faces a primary challenge from two main opponents who have been critics: attorney Eric Deters and Michael McGinnis. Massie has made some ...
Johnson's thoughts of running received a fresh blow on March 12, 1968, when McCarthy shocked the country by winning 42 percent of the New Hampshire presidential primary, [4] at which point Kennedy belatedly entered the race, splitting the anti-war opposition between two candidates. Lowenstein and many other antiwar activists remained committed ...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is facing the threat of a primary challenge after her vote to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as Speaker. Mace joined a handful of GOP members led by Rep. Matt Gaetz ...
McCarthyism was a period of intense anti-Communist suspicion in the United States that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. Although associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy , it was a broad cultural and political phenomenon that also encompassed industry blacklists, the activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee ...