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1971 politics set stage for 1972 presidential race
Washington notes that 1971 will feature three political levels shaping the 1972 campaign. Dems like McGovern Muskie Bayh Kennedy Humphrey Hughes and Jackson build race plans while debates on Capitol Hill may mould the Nixon era agenda. Early state races in Kentucky South Carolina Minneapolis Chicago probe electoral mood.
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R.W. Apple Jr
N.Y
Washington
New Hampshire
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Henry M. Jackson
Senate
Nixon
Harry S Truman
Congress
Sen. Kennedy
Sen. Bayh
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
South Carolina
L. Mendel Rivers
Arthur Ravenel Jr
James B. Edwards
Harry B. Limehouse
Republican National Committee
Mendel Davis
Rivers
J. Palmer Gaillard
Charleston
Thomas F. Hartnett
J. Mitchell Graham