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    • Nov 7, 1962
    After losing the election for California governor, Richard Nixon holds what he says will be his "last press conference," telling the media "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." The quote spurs Buck Owens to write "You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More"
    Nov 3, 1964
    One year after John Kennedy's death vaulted him to the nation's highest office, Lyndon B. Johnson is re-elected president. His years in the position are referred to two dozen years later in The Bellamy Brothers' country hit "Rebels Without A Clue"
    Nov 8, 1966
    Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California. In the position, he pardons Merle Haggard in 1972 for an attempted robbery conviction from the late 1950s
    Aug 6, 1970
    Tex Ritter garners only 22% of the vote, losing the Republican primary for a Tennessee Senate seat to William Brock
    Nov 6, 1971
    Jimmie Davis finishes fourth in the Democratic nominating election for governor of Louisiana, 100,000 votes behind the winning candidate, Edwin Edwards
    Nov 2, 1976
    Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford to become the 39th president of the United States. Brenda Lee flies to Atlanta to join in the victory celebration
    Nov 5, 1985
    C.W. McCall is elected mayor of Ouray, Colorado, by a 259-81 vote
    Apr 8, 1986
    Merle Haggard's one-time duet buddy, Clint Eastwood, is elected mayor of Carmel, California, winning 72% of the vote
    Nov 8, 1988
    George Bush defeats Michael Dukakis in the presidential race. During the campaign, Bush received significant support from country artists, including Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, Lee Greenwood, The Oak Ridge Boys and Moe Bandy
    Nov 3, 1992
    Bill Clinton is elected president, spurring singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson to note that, "Between us, Bill Clinton and I have settled any lingering myths about the brilliance of Rhodes Scholars"



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