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Hungry Democrats prep costly primaries for 1972 bid
A broad field of Democrats led by Muskie Humphrey McGovern Jackson Hartke Yorty Lindsay Chisholm and Wallace weighs into 1972 primaries. States expand or alter rules to boost primary impact while Illinois New Hampshire Florida Wisconsin California and New York hold pivotal contests with large delegate prizes. The race could narrow by Wisconsin or others as campaigns press for momentum ahead of the Miami Beach convention.
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Edmund Muskie
Maine
Humphrey
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
John V. Lindsay
New York
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Shirley Chisholm
House of Representatives
George C. Wallace
Alabama
American Independent Party
District of Columbia
Wisconsin
Truman
McCarthy
John F. Kennedy
Democratic Party Reform Commission
Reform Commission
Arkansas
Maryland
New Mexico
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Tennessee
California
Massachusetts
Oregon
Party Reform Commission
Democratic Party
New Hampshire
Muskie
McGovern
Hartke
Yorty
Nixon
Ashbrook
McCloskey
Florida
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
Pennsylvania
Lindsay
Miami Beach
San Diego