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McGovern’s early climb to political life in South Dakota
At 30 George McGovern had already tested war and ministry, taught at Dakota Wesleyan, and begun a bold path to the presidency. He weighed offers to stay, teach larger schools, or join Ward Clark’s organizing drive as executive secretary, while building two political organizations and rallying a resurgent Democratic base across a 38 000 square mile territory.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Washington
George McGovern
Dakota Wesleyan University
George
Eleanor
Steven
Adlai E. Stevenson
McGovern
Dakota Wesleyan
Ward Clark
South Dakota
Democratic
Clark
Karl E. Mundt
Francis Case
Rens
Harold O. Lovre
E. Y. Berry
Mitchell
Pat Donovan
United States
Robert Anson
Anson
Harl Andersen
Associated Press
United States Senate
Case
Ken Holum
Mundt
Lovre
George Cunningham
Senate
Cunningham
Congress
Chevy Chase
Hubert
Muriel Humphrey
Humphrey