Word: pennsylvania
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hubert Humphrey, who has been looking and sounding more like a candidate every day, it was just like the good old times. Before him, in the grand ballroom of Pittsburgh's Hilton Hotel, nearly 2,000 delegates to the annual Pennsylvania AFL-CIO convention exuberantly chanted: "We want Humphrey! We want Humphrey!" Four times during his speech he brought the crowd to its feet to cheer and applaud. The din even briefly drowned out his spirited attack on both the Ford Administration and on Democratic presidential candidates who have tried to make Washington an election issue. Said...
Build Support. At the same time, Pennsylvania's labor leaders decided to help Humphrey by doing what they can to defeat Carter in the state's April 27 primary, which is the next big contest. They agreed to turn out as many of their 1.5 million members as possible to work among the state's 2.8 million registered Democrats to build support for Jackson's and Udall's delegates, even though this means abandoning a few union members who are running as Carter delegates. In this way, Humphrey's backers hope to keep...
Still, Carter has won far more caucuses (eight), primaries (six) and delegates (247) than any other candidate. Further, his campaign was picking up speed in Pennsylvania. The state's liberals are mostly supporting Udall, but Carter has the endorsement of several important politicians, among them
...expand his support much beyond his solid core of Jewish and blue-collar voters in the New York City area. He lost most of the black districts, the suburbs and upstate New York to Udall and Carter. More than ever, Jackson knows that he must do well in Pennsylvania. He has budgeted $350,000 for the state, about $100,000 more than either of his opponents...
...Carter campaign is then a dangerous campaign. Carter should be defeated in Pennsylvania, and those who have supported him but would still wish to view themselves as within the American liberal tradition, should repudiate that support...