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On the recordOctober 23, 1964
They tell me--I asked Nancy Gore this afternoon--someone told me that I was running about 55-45 down here in Tennessee.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at an Airport Rally in Chattanooga

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