Not the only candidate to lose his birth state

During last week’s press conference, President Bush said, “I may be the only person, the only presidential candidate who never carried the state in which he was born” — Connecticut, which Bush lost twice, meaning he’s not well-positioned to campaign there for Joe Lieberman. But Bush is part of a fraternity of candidates who also failed to carry the states of their birth, said the New York Times, most notably Bush’s father (Massachusetts, also twice). The list includes John Kerry (born in Colorado), George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey, Adlai Stevenson, Alfred E. Smith and presidents James Polk (in photo) and Abraham Lincoln.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

2 Comments

  1. Roo Haa
    Posted August 28, 2006 at 7:48 am | Permalink

    Who says the W knows his history anyway?

  2. Joe Williams
    Posted August 28, 2006 at 8:09 am | Permalink

    What about candidates that lose their own state, like Al Gore!