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McGovern Took Democratic Path
George McGovern leaped from Dakota Wesleyan professor to South Dakota party secretary then Congress candidate in 1953 56. He built a revived Democratic apparatus, ran a lean campaign for Lovre’s seat, and emerged as the state’s first Democratic congressman in 20 years, setting the stage for a Senate bid and a future presidential run.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington
George McGovern
Tiny
Dakota Wesleyan University
George
Eleanor
Steven
Adlai E. Stevenson
McGovern
Dakota Wesleyan
Ward Clark
South Dakota Democratic
South Dakota
Clark
Sens
Karl ©. Mundt
Francis Case
Harold QO. Lovre
E. Y. Berry
Mitchell
Pat Donovan
United States
Robert Anson
Anson
Harl Andersen
South
United States Senate
Case
Ken Holum
Mundt
Lovre
George Cunningham
Senate
Cunningham
Lovie
Congress
McGoverns
Chevy Chase
Hubert
Muriel Humphrey
Humphrey
House
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Karl Mundt
Joe McCarthy