Tag: ralph renick
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Miami Heat, Part 2: The Man Who Wasn’t There

In 1952, Florida Governor Fuller Warren challenged Kefauver to a debate about gambling and crime. Kefauver accepted the challenge, but when he showed up to debate… Warren was nowhere to be found.
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Miami Heat: Kefauver, Russell Face Off in ’52

In 1952, Estes Kefauver and Richard Russell had a furious faceoff on a Miami TV station. Was it the first televised Presidential debate? It’s complicated.