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I heard it said that one of the reasons RFK ran in 1968 was that he had very little respect for Eugene McCarthy, and had more time for McGovern. In OTL McGovern was up for re-election in 1968 and so did not run.

However what if McGovern had won the other S Dakota Senate seat.

I think he would have led a much more united peace faction in the Democratic party.

If he did not win the nomination either Humphrey or Johnson might have looked so illegimate that a third party candidacy might be an option.
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