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Democratic Convention Braces for Tumultuous Battle
The 1948 Democratic convention in Chicago faces a volatile fight over the presidential nomination with Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver challenging incumbent Eisenhower era rivalries. The fight underscores party fault lines on civil rights and patronage as delegates weigh loyalties and strategy ahead of the final ballot.
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