SCRAPBOOK – George McGovern, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1972, spoke to a crowd estimated at 7,000 at East Capitol Park on Thursday, Sept. 14, 1972. The speech in downtown Albany was cut ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal ...

(Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator George McGovern, a liberal Democrat and fierce opponent of the Vietnam War whose 1972 presidential race against Richard Nixon led to one of the worst electoral defeats ...

South Dakota Sen. George McGovern came out on top in Wisconsin's 1972 primary despite netting only 30% of the vote. There were more than 10 candidates on the Democratic ballot by the April 4 primary ...

In the history of lost causes, the figure of George McGovern casts a poignant shadow. His run for the White House in 1972 ended in one of the biggest electoral defeats in American presidential history ...

In this photo from July 24, 2010, former U.S. senator George McGovern speaks in Columbus, Neb. McGovern, whose anti-Vietnam War stance in his 1972 presidential race against Richard Nixon led to one of ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- George S. McGovern, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. | George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal that ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — George S. McGovern, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential ...