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Published by jacobredman.bsky.social
West Virginia native.
Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter and Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale at the Democratic National Convention in July 1976.
Photo: Library of Congress
Photo: Library of Congress
May 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter and Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale at the Democratic National Convention in July 1976.
Photo: Library of Congress
Photo: Library of Congress
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore at the Democratic National Convention in July 1992.
May 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore at the Democratic National Convention in July 1992.
Newsweek magazine, October 1976.
May 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Newsweek magazine, October 1976.
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “I Like Ike” jingle—one of the first major campaign songs in the television age—helped propel him to the presidency in 1952.
May 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “I Like Ike” jingle—one of the first major campaign songs in the television age—helped propel him to the presidency in 1952.
Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon meet ahead of their first televised debate of the 1960 presidential campaign.
The hour-long event, held in Chicago, was viewed by some 66 million Americans.
Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images
The hour-long event, held in Chicago, was viewed by some 66 million Americans.
Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images
May 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon meet ahead of their first televised debate of the 1960 presidential campaign.
The hour-long event, held in Chicago, was viewed by some 66 million Americans.
Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images
The hour-long event, held in Chicago, was viewed by some 66 million Americans.
Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images
Democratic presidential candidates, circa 1992.
From right to left: Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas, Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, former California Governor Jerry Brown, and Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.
From right to left: Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas, Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, former California Governor Jerry Brown, and Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.
May 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Democratic presidential candidates, circa 1992.
From right to left: Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas, Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, former California Governor Jerry Brown, and Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.
From right to left: Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas, Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, former California Governor Jerry Brown, and Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.
A campaign poster for Vice President Richard Nixon’s 1962 bid for California governor.
Nixon would lose the election to incumbent Governor Pat Brown by five percentage points.
Nixon would lose the election to incumbent Governor Pat Brown by five percentage points.
May 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A campaign poster for Vice President Richard Nixon’s 1962 bid for California governor.
Nixon would lose the election to incumbent Governor Pat Brown by five percentage points.
Nixon would lose the election to incumbent Governor Pat Brown by five percentage points.
TIME Magazine, August 1972.
May 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
TIME Magazine, August 1972.
Clinton/Gore ad circa 1992.
May 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Clinton/Gore ad circa 1992.
Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Vice President George H. W. Bush faced off in their second and final presidential debate at UCLA on October 13, 1988.
April 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Vice President George H. W. Bush faced off in their second and final presidential debate at UCLA on October 13, 1988.
Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter. Circa 1976.
April 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter. Circa 1976.
TIME Magazine, June 1984.
April 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
TIME Magazine, June 1984.
Former Vice President Walter Mondale delivering an address to supporters. Circa 1984.
April 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Former Vice President Walter Mondale delivering an address to supporters. Circa 1984.
A United Auto Workers campaign poster in support of 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.
April 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A United Auto Workers campaign poster in support of 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.
Then-Senator Barack Obama carried Indiana in the 2008 presidential election — the first time the state had voted for a Democratic candidate since 1964.
April 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Then-Senator Barack Obama carried Indiana in the 2008 presidential election — the first time the state had voted for a Democratic candidate since 1964.
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton. Circa 1992.
April 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton. Circa 1992.
TIME Magazine, July 1995.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
TIME Magazine, July 1995.
In the 1976 West Virginia Senate election, Senator Robert C. Byrd won a fourth term without Republican opposition, receiving over 500,000 votes—the most ever cast for a Democratic candidate in a statewide race in West Virginia.
Byrd went on to become the longest-serving senator in U.S. history.
Byrd went on to become the longest-serving senator in U.S. history.
April 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In the 1976 West Virginia Senate election, Senator Robert C. Byrd won a fourth term without Republican opposition, receiving over 500,000 votes—the most ever cast for a Democratic candidate in a statewide race in West Virginia.
Byrd went on to become the longest-serving senator in U.S. history.
Byrd went on to become the longest-serving senator in U.S. history.