Word: minnesota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Within his own party, L.B.J.'s Viet Nam policy won strong backing. The evidence is that 56% of Democrats who favor his renomination cite his position on the war as the main reason. In contrast, Senator McCarthy of Minnesota, whose explicit aim in running is to attack that policy, has so far drummed up scant support. Nor does an avalanche of write-ins appear imminent for Bobby Kennedy, another critic of the war policy, who is not on the ballot and has discouraged any campaigning on his behalf...
...weeks, the Senate lay becalmed in a turbid filibuster sustained by a coalition of Southern Democrats and conservative Republicans. Chief among the obstructionists was Dirksen. The bill, as passed by the House, provided federal protection for civil rights workers. In the Senate, however, Minnesota's Walter Mondale gambled by adding an amendment to end discrimination in the sale or rental of 97% of the nation's housing units...
McCarthy won 16 of the 52 Minnesota delegate votes to the National Convention. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune's political analyst called the election "one of the most stunning upsets in Minnesota history...
...Minnesota senior Senator took the three Minneapolis-St. Paul district with 60 to 70 per cent of the vote. Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey has always been strong in his home area, and Tuesday's results are regarded by many observers as a strong rebuff. Four members of his own family, including his own son and daughter, were defeated in the voting for district delegates in the McCarthy landslide...
University of Minnesota students took over several wards of Minneapolis and gave McCarthy a 9-1 victory in the precincts surrounding their area...