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McGovern rises from South Dakota to the Senate
George McGovern sustains a steady rise from Dakota Wesleyan University to campaign around the state building two-party strength. He wins the 1962 Senate race amid a bruising party fight, hepatitis illness, and a recount, joining Edward Kennedy in the Democratic class.
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Tiny Dakota Wesleyan University
George
Eleanor
Steven
Adlai E. Stevenson
McGovern
Dako
Ward Clark
South Dakota
Democratic
McGovernor
Clark
Karl E. Mundt
Francis Case
Harold C. Lo
Retary
Pat Donovan
United States
Harl Anderson
Associated Press
South
Mundt
Lovre
George Cunningham
Senate
Congress
Cunningham
Lovie
George McGovern
Karl Mundt
Joe McCarthy
Anson
South America
White House
Republican Central Committee
GOP
Joe Bottum
Bottum
Edward M. Kennedy