Throughout this election year, we’re going to be doing a few special series tied to the notable stretches in an election cycle, from primaries to conventions and October surprises and more. This is “Hangers-On Week” our look at the point in the primary calendar where candidates are, for one reason or another, still hanging around.
For the third episode of Hangers On Week, Jody, Niki, and Kellie look at Jesse Jackson, who ran in 1984 and 1988, evolving from civil rights activism to electoral politics, and trying to push his message towards larger economic justice issues.
Who else deserves to be on our list of hangers-ons? What other categories would you slot candidates into? Let us know!
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Election Sunday: Carter's Lust (1976) w/ Alexis Coe
Khrushchev Comes to America (1959)
A Dead Candidate (1992)
Election Sunday: Dukakis on the Tank (1988) w/ Amy Walter
Bank War (1833) w/ Jacob Goldstein
The Obama Star Trek Theory (2004) w/ Ian Chillag
Election Sunday: The Stars and Stripes and Sports (1918) w/ Jason Concepcion
Recy and Rosa (1944) w/ Danielle McGuire
Tax The Rich (1862)
Election Sunday: Carter and the Killer Rabbit (1979) w/ Sam Sanders
Obama's Tan Suit (2014) w/ Sam Sanders
The 19th (1920) w/ Kellie Carter Jackson
Election Sunday: Fannie Lou Hamer vs Lyndon B Johnson (1964)
Rockefeller Republicans (1974)
The Dakota War and the Mankato Hanging (1862)
Election Sunday: Adlai and The Always-Rans (1952) w/ Harry Enten
Ebola (2014) w/ Andy Slavitt
RBG Arrives (1993) w/ Dahlia Lithwick
Election Sunday: How Third Parties Happen (1848)
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