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. (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 ...

Tina Turner and the Ikettes performing at the “Star-Spangled Women for McGovern–Shriver” rally on October 27, 1972, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (Ron Galella, Ltd. / Ron Galella ...

Why did the working class switch sides? By David Paul Kuhn A shift from preventing inequality in the first place to fixing it after the fact has cost the party, a paper argues. By Peter Coy Whether he ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...

In this Jan. 25, 1971 file photo, U.S. Sen. George McGovern makes a speech at the University of the Pacific at Stockton, Calif. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President ...