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A Case Study In Practical Politics: The 1962 Contest In The 7th Congressional District Of Minnesota, Harding Noblitt
A Case Study In Practical Politics: The 1962 Contest In The 7th Congressional District Of Minnesota, Harding Noblitt
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
The objective of this paper is to make available a personal account of my experiences in a political campaign. It is presented in the hope that it will be a useful addition to the materials available to students of the political process-or of the Great Game of Politics. Let me briefly state the facts of this case study.
I am professor of political science at Concordia College in Moorhead, but I have ventured outside the ivory towers to play a small role in party politics. In the course of this activity I became, in 1962, the DemocraticFarmer- Labor Party's candidate …