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So I came up with this little scenario just to see what people's thoughts were.
Eisenhower chooses someone else for Vice President in 1952 keeping Nixon in the Senate. Becoming a rising Republican star Nixon claims victory again in the 1956 California Senate Election. Assuming the events in OTL happen just as they did, does Nixon run against Kennedy in 1960 as a stronger candidate or does he hold out for '64 or '68?