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Pre2000Elections

37 events in this timeline

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  1. 1968-11-05 November 5, 1968: Nixon Wins Narrow Presidential Victory
  2. 1969-01-30 January 30, 1969: Nixon Planning for ‘72 Election
  3. 1969-02-17 February 17, 1969: Haldeman Begins Creating Secret Campaign Fund
  4. 1969-12-01 December 1, 1969: Nixon Orders New Campaign Slush Fund for Benefit of Loyal Candidates
  5. 1970-01-13 January 13, 1970: Nixon Snubs Black Voters in Re-election Plans
  6. 1970-03-06 March 6, 1970: Nixon Targets DNC Chairman for Surveillance, Discrediting
  7. 1970-05-05 April 1-May 5, 1970: Nixon Uses Secret Campaign Funds to Battle Alabama Governor
  8. 1971-03-23 March 23, 1971: Nixon Negotiates Secret Deal with Milk Consortium for Campaign Donations
  9. 1971-05-13 May 13, 1971: Nixon Orders ITT Deal—No Prosecution In Return for Campaign Donations
  10. 1971-06-27 June 27, 1971, and Beyond: Nixon Campaign ‘Agent Provocateur’ Funded by White House
  11. 1971-10-23 June 27-October 23, 1971: Nixon Campaign ‘Agent Provocateur’ Attempts to Recruit Others
  12. 1972-02-24 February 24-25, 1972: ’Canuck Letter’ Destroys Muskie’s Presidential Hopes; Letter a Nixon Campaign Trick
  13. 1972-04-07 Before April 7, 1972: Nixon Finance Director Uses Mexican Money Laundering System to Collect Illegal Donations
  14. 1972-05-15 May 15, 1972: Third Party Candidate Shot; White House Orders Gunman’s Apartment Broken Into
  15. 1972-05-27 May 27-28, 1972: ’Plumbers’ Install Surveillance Bugs in Democratic National Committee Offices
  16. 1972-06-18 June 18, 1972: Media Pays Little Attention to Watergate Burglary, Instead Ridicules McGovern Campaign
  17. 1972-06-20 June 20, 1972: Investigation Must Not Find Campaign ‘Horrors,’ Nixon, Aides Vow
  18. 1972-08-05 July 31-August 5, 1972: Vice Presidential Candidate Leaves Democratic Ticket over Controversial Medical History
  19. 1972-11-07 November 7, 1972: Nixon Wins Landslide Re-Election Victory
  20. 1981-01-20 January 20, 1981: Reagan Sworn in as President; US Hostages in Iran Released Hours Later
  21. 1988-01-25 January 25, 1988: Orchestrated Bush-Rather Interview Helps Solidify Bush’s Campaign Chances
  22. May-July 1971: ITT Offers $400,000 to GOP to Host National Convention
  23. May 1971: CREEP Scheduling Director Given Charge of Petty Cash Safe
  24. September 1971: Nixon Orders Names of ‘Big Jewish Contributors’ to Democrats, Suggests IRS Retaliation
  25. September 1972: Most Sensitive White House Files Separated for Destruction in Case of Election Loss
  26. November 1980 and After: Anti-Abortion Group Distributes Partisan Pamphlets in Days before Federal Elections, Distribution Survives FEC Challenge
  27. 1968: Nixon Media Consultant Advocates ‘Moderate’ Acceptance of Racist Position
  28. Early 1970: Secret Nixon Campaign Slush Fund Benefits Bush Senate Campaign
  29. 1980: Conservative Activist: ‘I Don’t Want Everybody to Vote’
  30. 1990: Anti-Gay Church Leader Runs for Governor of Kansas
  31. 1992: Anti-Gay Minister Runs for Senate, Slurs Opponent
  32. Mid and Late 1996: Palin Becomes Mayor of Alaska Town, Introduces New Era of Negative Political Campaigning, Development
  33. 1997: Senate Investigates Front Operation Funding GOP Attack Ads
  34. 1988-1998: Unusual Relationship Forms between Gore, Anti-Gay Church; Relationship Sours
  35. Late 1996 - 1999: Palin’s First Term as Mayor Marked by Heavy Development, Pursuit of Personal Politics
  36. Mid-September 1971: Nixon, Aides Discuss Ways to Split Democrats’ Votes in ‘72 Elections
  37. Mid-1971: Tallahassee Newspaper Offers Qualified, Racially Charged ‘Endorsement’ to African-American Running for City Office