Oct 29, 2010 — On this day in 1968, Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy -- with just a week to go before the election -- finally endorses his one-time rival, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, for president.
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Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1968, McCarthy Finally Endorses Humphrey
by Ken Rudin
Oct 29, 2010 — On this day in 1968, Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy -- with just a week to go before the election -- finally endorses his one-time rival, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, for president.Oct. 29, 1968:
With just a week to go before the election, Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy endorses Vice President Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign.
The endorsement by McCarthy, an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, comes a bit grudgingly. McCarthy's campaign came to an end with a first ballot victory by Humphrey at the tumultuous party convention in Chicago in August.
McCarthy also announces that he will not seek re-election in 1970 to the Senate seat he first won in 1958.
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