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When Robert Kennedy ran for the presidency in 1968 he was a senator from which state?

Maryland
Massachusetts
Virginia
New York

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Answer: D - Robert Kennedy left his position as Attorney General following his brother's assassination and successfully ran for a New York Senate seat in 1964 despite being a resident of Massachusetts and Virginia his whole life. He ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968 and looked like the likely nominee at various points in the race. However, he was assassinated in June of that year, following a victory party to celebrate his win in the California primary.

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