Kennedy and Nevada

This article was published on 08.27.09

Although U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy lost the Nevada presidential primary election on May 27, 1980, he was still running strong the previous December when he spoke to a Democratic Party luncheon in what was then the MGM Grand Hotel in Reno. That luncheon followed a Senate hearing he conducted in the same hotel with Nevada’s Sen. Howard Cannon. Seated next to Kennedy at the luncheon was Reno Mayor Barbara Bennett. Kennedy’s family spent time at Lake Tahoe when he was growing up and he made several appearances in the state over the years, including a stop at the University of Nevada campus in Reno during the 1960 campaign and a visit to the Pyramid Lake tribal reservation as part of an inquiry into Native American issues.

Although U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy lost the Nevada presidential primary election on May 27, 1980, he was still running strong the previous December when he spoke to a Democratic Party luncheon in what was then the MGM Grand Hotel in Reno. That luncheon followed a Senate hearing he conducted in the same hotel with Nevada’s Sen. Howard Cannon. Seated next to Kennedy at the luncheon was Reno Mayor Barbara Bennett. Kennedy’s family spent time at Lake Tahoe when he was growing up and he made several appearances in the state over the years, including a stop at the University of Nevada campus in Reno during the 1960 campaign and a visit to the Pyramid Lake tribal reservation as part of an inquiry into Native American issues.

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