Changes

When Johnson was forced to pull out of the 1968 election by a poor showing in the first primary, Humphrey became the choice of labor unions, Democratic party officials, and city machines. He won the nomination without entering any primaries.  After an intense campaign, in the closing days he repudiated Johnson's policy on the [[Vietnam War]], thus winning back some disaffected voters on the far-left.  Meanwhile his union allies managed to undercut [[George Wallace]]'s appeal to white ethnics.  Once far behind Nixon, Humphrey almost caught up, but failed as the [[New Deal Coalition]] collapsed and the [[Fifth Party System]] ended.

When Johnson was forced to pull out of the 1968 election by a poor showing in the first primary, Humphrey became the choice of labor unions, Democratic party officials, and city machines. He won the nomination without entering any primaries.  After an intense campaign, in the closing days he repudiated Johnson's policy on the [[Vietnam War]], thus winning back some disaffected voters on the far-left.  Meanwhile his union allies managed to undercut [[George Wallace]]'s appeal to white ethnics.  Once far behind Nixon, Humphrey almost caught up, but failed as the [[New Deal Coalition]] collapsed and the [[Fifth Party System]] ended.

==Senate again==

==Re-election to the Senate==

He won election to the Senate again in 1970 and 1976. In 1977 he tried to become Senate majority leader. As an advocate of activist government, Humphrey campaigned on a traditional liberal agenda. Humphrey's association with Johnson's discredited big-government policies, the war in Vietnam, and the New Deal tradition hurt his campaign. Democratic senators, especially the newer and younger members, wanted a Senate leader who would assist them in pursuing the legislative interests of their constituency rather than one who would advocate for an ideological agenda. Conservative Democrat [[Robert C. Byrd]] of West Virginia was elected Senate leader because he favored a more limited role for government and would facilitate the programs of his peers rather than the traditional policies of his party.<ref> Iwan W. Morgan, "Hubert Humphrey's Last Hurrah: The 1977 Senate

He won election to the Senate again in 1970 and 1976. In 1977 he tried to become Senate majority leader. As an advocate of activist government, Humphrey campaigned on a traditional liberal agenda. Humphrey's association with Johnson's discredited big-government policies, the war in Vietnam, and the New Deal tradition hurt his campaign. Democratic senators, especially the newer and younger members, wanted a Senate leader who would assist them in pursuing the legislative interests of their constituency rather than one who would advocate for an ideological agenda. Conservative Democrat [[Robert C. Byrd]] of West Virginia was elected Senate leader because he favored a more limited role for government and would facilitate the programs of his peers rather than the traditional policies of his party.<ref> Iwan W. Morgan, "Hubert Humphrey's Last Hurrah: The 1977 Senate

Leadership Election and the Decline of the New Deal Tradition." ''Mid-America'' 1997 79(3): 287-317.</ref>

Leadership Election and the Decline of the New Deal Tradition." ''Mid-America'' 1997 79(3): 287-317.</ref>

Humphrey died in office of cancer.

Humphrey died in office of cancer.

==see also==

==see also==

* [[United States presidential election, 1968]]

* [[United States presidential election, 1968]]