Senator Robert F. Kennedy In Nebraska

Kennedy spent 10 campaign days in Nebraska

Senator Robert F. Kennedy chronology in Nebraska:

March 16 — Announced for president in Washington, D.C.

March 28- Appeared in front of 15,000 supporters at the UNL Coliseum in Lincoln.

April 16 — Chadron, the Pine Ridge Reservation and the Wounded Knee Monument.

April 20- Scottsbluff, Norfolk, Wayne, Laurel and Hartington.

April 27 — Kimball, Sidney, Ogallala, North Platte, Lexington, Kearney, Grand Island, Columbus, Schuyler, Fremont and Omaha.

May 9 — Lincoln. A brief speech to some supporter at the airport.

May 10- Beatrice, Tecumseh, Auburn, Nebraska City, Plattsmouth, Bellevue and Omaha.

May 11- Omaha

May 12- Omaha, Wilber, Crete, Hastings, and McCook.

May 13 — Wahoo, Boys Town, Crossroads Shopping Center in Omaha, Creighton, North Omaha, and 16th and Farnam in Omaha.

May 14 — Robert and Ethel held a victory party at the Sheraton-Fontenelle Hotel in Omaha.

Eugene McCarthy spent 8 campaign days in Nebraska and repeatedly told voters and reporters that Nebraska was a high priority. Like Kennedy, he campaigned in the small towns in addition to the major urban areas. McCarthy falsely contended in his 1969 memoir of the campaign that he spent little time in Nebraska.

Some historians adopted McCarthy’s phony spin. Our exhaustive research corrected the historical record.

McCarthy falsely claimed that he did not spend much time in Nebraska because he wanted to spin away a bad loss. Kennedy defeated McCarthy 52% to 31% and won 20 out of the 28 delegates. Nebraska was Kennedy’s biggest win in 1968 and set him on the path to the Democratic nomination.

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