Campaigns from the Archives

A photo of Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter and Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale at the DNC in July 1976.

Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter and Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale at the Democratic National Convention in July 1976.

Photo: Library of Congress

Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore waiving to convention delegates assembled at the DNC in July 1992.

Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore at the Democratic National Convention in July 1992.

The cover of Newsweek magazine, October 1976.

Newsweek magazine, October 1976.

Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “I Like Ike” jingle—one of the first major campaign songs in the television age—helped propel him to the presidency in 1952.

A photo of Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon.

Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon meet ahead of their first televised debate of the 1960 presidential campaign.

The hour-long event, held in Chicago, was viewed by some 66 million Americans.

Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images

Democratic presidential candidates, circa 1992.

From right to left: Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas, Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, former California Governor Jerry Brown, and Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.

Nixon campaign poster circa 1962.

A campaign poster for Vice President Richard Nixon’s 1962 bid for California governor.

Nixon would lose the election to incumbent Governor Pat Brown by five percentage points.

The cover of TIME Magazine, August 1972.

TIME Magazine, August 1972.

Clinton/Gore ad circa 1992.

Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and then-Vice President George H. W. Bush.

Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Vice President George H. W. Bush faced off in their second and final presidential debate at UCLA on October 13, 1988.

Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter. Circa 1976.

The cover of TIME Magazine, June 1984.

TIME Magazine, June 1984.

Former Vice President Walter Mondale standing at a podium. Photo credits: Roberto Koch/Contrasto/Redux

Former Vice President Walter Mondale delivering an address to supporters. Circa 1984.

UAW campaign poster in support of 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.

A United Auto Workers campaign poster in support of 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.

Wikipedia page for the 2008 Indiana presidential election.

Then-Senator Barack Obama carried Indiana in the 2008 presidential election — the first time the state had voted for a Democratic candidate since 1964.

Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton. Circa 1992.

TIME Magazine, July 1995.

Nationally, Democrats maintained their 61-seat majority in the upper chamber. Byrd, who had served as whip, was elected majority leader in the 95th Congress—succeeding longtime leader Mike Mansfield.

Photo: Wikipedia page for the 1976 West Virginia Senate election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia#:~:text=The%201976%20United%20States%20Senate,100%25%20election%20victory%20for%20Byrd.

In the 1976 West Virginia Senate election, Senator Robert C. Byrd won a fourth term without Republican opposition, receiving over 500,000 votes—the most ever cast for a Democratic candidate in a statewide race in West Virginia.

Byrd went on to become the longest-serving senator in U.S. history.