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==1968 election==
==1968 election==
He did not win the [[New Hampshire]] primary but made a very strong showing (42% McCarthy to 49% Johnson) against incumbent liberal] President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], prompting Johnson to announce he was dropping out of the race. [[Robert Kennedy]] then entered the race. McCarthy won the primaries in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Oregon]] but Robert Kennedy became the party favorite to win the nomination after defeating McCarthy in California. That very night Kennedy was assassination.
He did not win the [[New Hampshire]] primary but made a very strong showing (42% McCarthy to 49% Johnson) against incumbent liberal President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], prompting Johnson to announce he was dropping out of the race. [[Robert Kennedy]] then entered the race. McCarthy won the primaries in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Oregon]] but Robert Kennedy became the party favorite to win the nomination after defeating McCarthy in California. That very night Kennedy was assassinated.
The party favorite for the nomination then defaulted to [[Hubert Humphrey]], who ultimately won the nomination at the party convention in Chicago which was infamous for leftist student agitators rioting in the Chicago streets during the convention.
The party favorite for the nomination then defaulted to Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]], McCarthy's former senatorial colleague from Minnesota, who ultimately won the nomination at the party convention in [[Chicago]] which was infamous for leftist student agitators rioting in the streets during the convention.
In 1976, McCarthy ran as an [[Independent]] in the [[general election]] for President, but voters chose his fellow Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]]. In 1980, McCarthy refused to support Carter for reelection and surprisingly endorsed [[Republican]] [[Ronald Reagan]], having said that Reagan had "a better perception" of the office of president than did Carter.
==Other elections==
==Other elections==