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Helms didn't switch his party due to George McGovern. He became a Republican in 1970. McGovern didn't run for President until 1972.--[[User:Epicurius|Epicurius]] 14:38, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
Helms didn't switch his party due to George McGovern. He became a Republican in 1970. McGovern didn't run for President until 1972.--[[User:Epicurius|Epicurius]] 14:38, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
Also, his mother's name was Ethel Mae. I'm also not entirely sure that it was particularly courageous to switch parties in 1970. Here's an article from 1970 from Time Magazine (specificially about Harry Byrd) talking about speculation that he'll become a Republican, and also pointing out other conservative southern Democrats who might switch, like John Stennis, Bill Archer, and Lester Maddox. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942209,00.html --[[User:Epicurius|Epicurius]] 14:49, 26 March 2007 (EDT)