While political history has plenty to say about the impact of Ronald Reagan\'s election to the presidency in 1980, Four Senate races that same year have garnered far less attention-despite their similarly profound political effect.
Johnson tells the story of the beginnings of the d.
In examining the defeat in 1980 of Idaho\'s Frank Church, South Dakota\'s George McGovern, John Culver of Iowa, and Birch Bayh of Indiana, Marc C.
Tuesday Night Massacre looks at those races.
While political history has plenty to say about the impact of Ronald Reagan\'s election to the presidency in 1980, Four Senate races that same year have garnered far less attention-despite their similarly profound political effect