United States presidential election of 1968

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Also Known As	presidential election of 1968 • 1968 presidential election
Date	November 5, 1968
Participants	Spiro Agnew • Eldridge Cleaver • Dick Gregory • Hubert Humphrey • Curtis E. LeMay • Eugene McCarthy • Edmund Muskie • Richard Nixon • George Wallace

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