One candidate in this election received a donation check with the note "Sock it to 'em" from John Wayne.
One candidate in this election received a donation check with the note "Sock it to 'em" from John Wayne. In one party's primaries before this election, student volunteers in New Hampshire went door to door after cutting their hair; that effort was known as "Clean for Gene," referring to candidate Eugene(*) McCarthy. A candidate in this election clinched his party's nomination after his main opponent was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan. The winner in this election defeated Independent George Wallace and Democrat Hubert Humphrey. Robert Kennedy was assassinated during this election's Democratic primary race. For 10 points, name this presidential election in which Richard Nixon was elected to his first term.
One candidate in this election received a donation check with the note "Sock it to 'em" from John Wayne.
U.S. presidential election of 1968