You can thank America’s Dairyland and Fighting Bob La Follette, in large measure, for the presidential primary season you’re enjoying or suffering through or trying to ignore.The newspaper writer's source for his La Follette history is, of course, Nancy C. Unger, Fighting Bob La Follette: The Righteous Reformer.
La Follette started the fight to nominate candidates through primaries after being snubbed by party bosses in his attempt to win the Republican nomination for governor in 1896.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Fighting Bob La Follette made Wisconsin a leader in primary elections
Hudson Star-Observer | Randy's Ramblings: Fighting Bob La Follette made Wisconsin a leader in primary elections, Feb. 1, 2008:
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