Minnesota Progressive Party
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In 1968, Eugene McCarthy
established the Minnesota Progressive Party in order to run for president. Even though popular in the state of Minnesota
, he was third in the final outcome of Election Day.
Eugene McCarthy
Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy was an American politician, poet, and a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971.In the 1968 presidential election, McCarthy was the first...
established the Minnesota Progressive Party in order to run for president. Even though popular in the state of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, he was third in the final outcome of Election Day.