A Top 25 paying regular season rodeo lead to some big moves out in California

April 29, 2024 03:28 PM
BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN
Coming in with a total payout north of $400,000, the Clovis Rodeo is the second-highest paying non-Texas Swing Rodeo so far this season and ranks as the 23rd highest paying rodeo in the PRCA.
It was a very rich one-header in the roughstock events while the timed event athletes were reacquainted with a format similar to Red Bluff (and many summer rodeos), a three-header and then a Short Round to determine the Average Champion on four.

BAREBACK RIDING

First Round: 1. Leighton Berry, 88.5 points on C5 Rodeo’s Virgil, $10,913; 2. Clayton Biglow, 86, $8,367; 3. (tie) Kade Berry and Keenan Hayes, 85.5, $5,093 each; 5. Donny Proffit, 85, $2,546; 6. Kashton Ford, 84.5, $1,819; 7. Bradlee Miller, 83.5, $1,455; 8. (tie) Caleb Bennett and Anthony Thomas, 83, $546 each.

STEER WRESTLING

First Round: 1. Clayton Hass, 4.8 seconds, $2,481; 2. Marc Joiner, 5.3, $2,157; 3. Colt Honey, 5.8, $1,834; 4. (tie) Cody Devers and Boyd Sawyer, 6.8, $1,348 each; 6. Stan Branco, 7.1, $863; 7. Eli Lord, 7.3, $539; 8. Walt Arnold, 7.5, $216.
Second Round: 1. Dalton Massey, 5.2 seconds, $2,481; 2. Clayton Hass, 5.7, $2,157; 3. Quentin Wheeler, 5.9, $1,834; 4. Cody Harmon, 6.5, $1,510; 5. Gus Franzen, 7.9, $1,187; 6. Josh Garner, 8.4, $863; 7. Billy Boldon, 8.9, $539; 8. Jacob Edler, 9.0, $216.
Third Round: 1. Colt Honey, 5.7 seconds, $2,481; 2. Dakota Eldridge, 6.0, $2,157; 3. Dalton Massey, 6.2, $1,834; 4. Trisyn Kalawaia, 6.3, $1,510; 5. Michael Bates Jr., 6.6, $1,187; 6. Clayton Hass, 6.7, $863; 7. Mason Couch, 7.1, $539; 8. Bryar Byrne, 7.9, $216.
Finals: 1. Clayton Hass, 5.9 seconds, $1,001; 2. Cash Robb, 8.3, $828; 3. Dalton Massey, 10.5, $656; 4. Boyd Sawyer, 10.6, $483; 5. Marc Joiner, 10.7, $311; 6. Rowdy Parrott, 17.7, $173.
Average: 1. Clayton Hass, 23.1 seconds on four head, $4,962; 2. Dalton Massey, 30.9, $4,315; 3. Boyd Sawyer, 39.7, $3,668; 4. Marc Joiner, 45.8, $3,020; 5. Cash Robb, 49.9, $2,373; 6. Rowdy Parrott, 58.0, $1,726; 7. Trisyn Kalawaia, 70.2, $1,079; 8. Sterling Lambert, 30.5 on three head, $431.

TEAM ROPING

First Round: 1. (tie) Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham and Korbin Rice/Caleb Hendrix, 6.3 seconds, $2,480 each; 3. Brenten Hall/Kaden Profili, 6.4, $1,961; 4. (tie) Jeff Flenniken/Jake Minor and Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, 7.0, $1,442 each; 6. Cole Thomas/Dylin Ahlstrom, 7.6, $923; 7. Jack Graham/Jordan Ketscher, 7.7, $577; 8. (tie) Marcus Battaglia/Todd Hampton and Devon McDaniel/Walt Woodard, 7.9, $115 each.
Second Round: 1. Korbin Rice/Caleb Hendrix, 7.0 seconds, $2,653 each; 2. Riley MinoBrady Minor, 7.3, $2,307; 3. Trey Blackmore/Whip Peterson, 8.0, $1,961; 4. Cash Duty/Clay Green, 8.4, $1,615; 5. (tie) Luke Brown/Travis Graves and Shain Sproul/J.C. Niesen, 8.9, $1,096 each; 7. (tie) Lane Lowry/Brent Lockett, Cutter Machado/Dalton Pearce and Franky Martinez/Tucker Donlon, 9.0, $269 each.
Third Round: 1. Riley MinoBrady Minor, 7.4 seconds, $2,653 each; 2. Devon McDaniel/Walt Woodard, 7.9, $2,307; 3. (tie) Ben Jordan/Scott Lauaki and Kolton Schmidt/Landen Glenn, 8.1, $1,788 each; 5. (tie) Doyle Hoskins/William Cowden and Bryor Minton/Clayton Moore, 8.2, $1,096 each; 7. (tie) Brye Crites/Tyler Worley and Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, 8.3, $404 each.
Finals: 1. Brayden Schmidt/Kyle Lockett, 8.0 seconds, $1,146 each; 2. Ben Jordan/Scott Lauaki, 8.2, $948; 3. Brenten Hall/Kaden Profili, 8.3, $751; 4. Brye Crites/Tyler Worley, 8.4, $553; 5. Korbin Rice/Caleb Hendrix, 9.1, $356; 6. Derrick Begay/Colter Todd, 9.6, $198.
Average: 1. Korbin Rice/Caleb Hendrix, 32.3 seconds on four head, $5,305 each; 2. Brenten Hall/Kaden Profili, 34.5, $4,613; 3. Doyle Hoskins/William Cowden, 35.7, $3,921; 4. Derrick Begay/Colter Todd, 38.3, $3,229; 5. Ben Jordan/Scott Lauaki, 38.6, $2,537; 6. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, 40.1, $1,845; 7. Brye Crites/Tyler Worley, 44.0, $1,153; 8. Brayden Schmidt/Kyle Lockett, 45.6, $461.

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

First Round: 1. (tie) Kade Bruno, on Corey & Lange Rodeo’s Monster, and Ryder Wright, on Burch Rodeo’s Lyin’ Lunatic, 88 points, $8,893 each; 3. (tie) Parker Fleet and Logan Hay, 87.5, $4,698 each; 5. Statler Wright, 87, $2,349; 6. Brody Wells, 86.5, $1,678; 7. Tucker Bourdet, 85, $1,342; 8. (tie) Allen Boore, Damian Brennan and Karson Mebane, 84.5, $336 each.

BREAKAWAY ROPING

First Round: 1. Hope Thompson, 2.8 seconds, $1,640; 2. (tie) Lari Dee Guy and Macy Young, 2.9, $1,319 each; 4. (tie) Rylee A George and Chloe Lambert, 3.0, $891 each; 6. (tie) Hanna Hundsdorfer and Cheyanne McCartney, 3.1, $463 each; 8. (tie) Bailey Bates, Bailey Humphry and Hailey Wilbur, 3.2, $48 each.
Second Round: 1. (tie) Whitlee Burgess and Shayla Hall, 2.4 seconds, $1,533 each; 3. Jade Mitchell, 2.8, $1,212; 4. Taylor Munsell, 2.9, $998; 5. (tie) Hanna Hundsdorfer and Suzanne Williams, 3.0, $677 each; 7. Danielle Lowman, 3.1, $356; 8. Kate Branco, 3.2, $143.
Third Round: 1. Cheyanne McCartney, 2.7 seconds, $1,640; 2. Lari Dee Guy, 3.5, $1,426; 3. Maddie Biglow, 3.6, $1,212; 4. Shayla Hall, 3.8, $998; 5. Sienna Radelfinger, 3.9, $784; 6. Beth Hitchcock, 4.0, $570; 7. Gianna O’Day, 4.1, $356; 8. Quincy Sullivan, 4.2, $143.
Finals: 1. (tie) Martha Angelone, Danielle Lowman, Sienna Radelfinger and Quincy Sullivan, 4.1 seconds, $852 each; 5. Samantha Fulton, 4.2, $356; 6. Lari Dee Guy, 4.3, $198.
Average: 1. Lari Dee Guy, 14.4 seconds on four head, $3,279; 2. (tie) Danielle Lowman and Quincy Sullivan, 15.4, $2,638 each; 4. Sienna Radelfinger, 16.6, $1,996; 5. (tie) Samantha Fulton and Martha Angelone, 17.6, $1,355 each; 7. Cheyanne McCartney, 23.6, $713; 8. Hanna Hundsdorfer, 11.9 on three head.

TIE-DOWN ROPING

First Round: 1. Bodie Mattson, 8.9 seconds, $2,746; 2. (tie) Hunter Herrin and Lucas Potter, 9.2, $2,209 each; 4. Chance Thiessen, 9.5, $1,672; 5. Nick Achille, 9.8, $1,313; 6. Cole Clemons, 10.0, $955; 7. Ladd King, 10.1, $597; 8. Chisum Allen, 10.2, $239.
Second Round: 1. Nick Achille, 8.9 seconds, $2,746; 2. Kalai Nobriga, 9.3, $2,388; 3. Shad Mayfield, 9.6, $2,030; 4. (tie) Ty Harris and Marty Yates, 9.8, $1,493 each; 6. Tom Crouse, 9.9, $955; 7. Hunter Herrin, 10.0, $597; 8. Haven Meged, 10.2, $239.
Third Round: 1. Tanner Green, 9.8 seconds, $2,746; 2. (tie) Bryce Derrer and Marty Yates, 10.1, $2,209 each; 4. Shad Mayfield, 10.4, $1,672; 5. Trevor Hale, 10.5, $1,313; 6. Bodie Mattson, 10.6, $955; 7. Jason Andersen, 11.0, $597; 8. (tie) Garrett Busby and Hunter Herrin, 11.4, $119 each.
Finals: 1. Bodie Mattson, 8.5 seconds, $1,088; 2. Shad Mayfield, 9.3, $900; 3. Marty Yates, 11.0, $713; 4. Bryce Derrer, 11.4, $525; 5. Hunter Herrin, 11.9, $338; 6. (tie) Haven Meged and Jake Pratt, 12.1, $94 each.
Average: 1. Marty Yates, 42.4 seconds on four head, $5,492; 2. Hunter Herrin, 42.5, $4,776; 3. Bryce Derrer, 45.8, $4,060; 4. (tie) Haven Meged and Bodie Mattson, 46.2, $2,985 each; 6. Jake Pratt, 47.0, $1,910; 7. Garrett Busby, 47.5, $1,194; 8. Shad Mayfield, 48.8, $478.

BARREL RACING

First Round: 1. Wenda Johnson, 16.86 seconds, $2,766; 2. Paige Jones, 16.92, $2,371; 3. Sidney Forrest, 16.93, $1,975; 4. Sissy Winn, 16.97, $1,712; 5. Kathy Petska, 17.14, $1,317; 6. Ann McGilchrist, 17.18, $1,054; 7. (tie) Miley Bravos and Sarah Kieckhefer, 17.20, $658 each; 9. Hayle Gibson, 17.25, $395; 10. (tie) Skylar Alves and Ashley Castleberry, 17.27, $132 each.
Second Round: 1. Loni Yates, 16.92 seconds, $2,766; 2. Sarah Kieckhefer, 16.96, $2,371; 3. (tie) Ashley Castleberry and Kathy Petska, 16.99, $1,844 each; 5. Hailey Garrison, 17.02, $1,317; 6. Sheena Robbins, 17.04, $1,054; 7. (tie) Paige Jones and Tarryn Lee, 17.05, $658 each; 9. Miley Bravos, 17.06, $395; 10. Megan McLeod-Sprague, 17.11, $263.
Finals: 1. Sissy Winn, 16.56 seconds, $2,049; 2. Wenda Johnson, 16.85, $1,536; 3. Ashley Castleberry, 16.94, $1,024; 4. Kathy Petska, 17.00, $512.
Average: 1. Wenda Johnson, 50.83 seconds on three head, $4,148; 2. Sissy Winn, 51.00, $3,556; 3. Paige Jones, 51.09, $2,963; 4. Kathy Petska, 51.13, $2,568; 5. Ashley Castleberry, 51.20, $1,975; 6. Sarah Kieckhefer, 51.27, $1,580; 7. Miley Bravos, 51.43, $1,185; 8. Chelsea A Moore, 51.55, $790; 9. Megan McLeod-Sprague, 51.71, $593; 10. Tarryn Lee, 51.74, $395.

BULL RIDING

First Round: 1. (tie) Chase Dougherty, on Bridwell Pro Rodeos’ Big Salty, and Deklan Garland, on Corey & Lange Rodeo’s Stand By Me, 88.5 points, $8,893 each; 3. (tie) Wacey Schalla and Hayes Weight, 86.5, $4,698 each; 5. Maverick Smith, 86, $2,349; 6. (tie) Lukasey Morris and Jestyn Woodward, 85, $1,510 each; 8. Jordan Hansen, 84.5, $1,007.

Started a save in fm with my mate (i’ve played on an off for about two years) and we’re in the second season after both being sacked from our original clubs (me with boston united and him with hereford united) I started the season poorly seeming to draw every game while my mate was top of the table. However it all seemed to change with me going on massive winning runs while he slipped down the table. Torquey united were ten points clear of me for most of the season however poor form meant i won the league on the last day of the seasons with a 90th minute winner. As i said in the title this is the first time i’ve won a league title in my time playing fm and just wanted to share .

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Just before going under Kingshighway, an access on the right leads to Daggett Ave that can take us into the heart of The Hill Neighborhood and all its great restaurants near the new Moda residential complex, and newly renovated law offices at the old Magic Chef Factory. We cross under Kingshighway and come to another at-grade crossing at Bischoff. You ask if there will be many more of these. I tell you there are 9 total on our way to Carondelet Park, and that this is the last one for a few miles.
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Just past the bridge we find another point of access at the former Stone Center in North Hampton now an indoooutdoor market and events space for the neighborhood and an access to the trail. We could exit here and go to the South City YMCA, Tilles Park, or one of many schools in the area.
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Soon we can make out a greenspace through the trees on our right. A break in the trees reveals a bicycle oriented park on 8 acres that was long ago a home to a concrete plant. We take this detour and follow a path through the park to Fyler Ave where there is a short tunnel beneath the rail reconnecting Flyer east and west of the tracks for bikes and pedestrians. You notice we are only a block away from the southern end of the growing Morgan Ford entertainment district. I rattle off a list of other such districts that are adjacent to this corridor while we loop around and get back on the trail.

Fyler Bike Park to Carondelet Park

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Continuing south we come upon our first at-grade crossing south of the Hill at Beck Ave. The historic former industrial building at Beck Ave has been converted into a residential building with a broad lawn. Less than a block away I point out the outdoor beer garden and brewery Civil Life at the southern end of Tower Grove South. Maybe on our way back?
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From there we cross a bridge over Chippewa, cross Meramec at-grade, and then over Gravois where two spurs lead directly to the site of the new Kairos Academy School and down onto the bike lanes of the Bevo dining and entertainment district on Gravois. Moving on, we pass the Stray Rescue’s new campus on the left before approaching more at-grade crossings at Gustine and Delor adjacent to the St. Mary’s High School campus off Grand that could take us into Bevo or Dutchtown.
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Crossing Bates we leave the last Industrial buildings (some active, some vacant, some transitioning) and the trail runs through the greener residential subdivisions of Holly Hills crossing at-grade one final time at Wilmington before we make it to our destination.
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Passing under the bridges at Holly Hills Blvd and Holly Hills Dr we emerge, finally, from the rail corridor into Carondelet Park–10 miles and probably less than an hour from our starting point at the Arch. We stop at the connection to the Carondelet Connector, drink some water, and take in the beautiful scenery of the park. “Where from here?” you ask.
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My go to is purple...today it's blue. I think I pull it off okay.

Campaign Week 5, Part 2 (Feb. 29-Mar. 4)
After taking a brief moment to celebrate her victory in New Hampshire, Dixy Lee Ray left to visit Rhode Island's Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center which was home to the state's only nuclear reactor. Remarking on the boon that the reactor has been for spurring research and education in the state, Ray once again emphasized her support for expanding existing reactors and improving science and technical education throughout the country. Afterwards, Ray began a multi-leg journey starting in the western cities of Springfield and Worcester and ending in the Bay State's capital of Boston. In speeches and town halls along the way, Ray continued to emphasize her support for expansion of nuclear power, new missions to Mars and the Moon, and improved science education as ways to provide new opportunities for Americans left behind by the Dole administration while still touting her support for a balanced budget amendment. Developing further a program she had first proposed in a speech in New York City, Ray also endorsed the use of technical assistance from federal planning agencies in municipal engineering projects, public-private partnerships with private developers to build low-cost housing, and matching grants to stimulate local government investment in urban renewal.
Meanwhile with Ray herself busy touring the Northeast, her campaign was hard at work redeploying resources in the South. Judging Alabama and Georgia to be too much of an uphill battle to conquer, the Ray campaign withdrew virtually all staff and budgets from those states to instead focus into the more competitive state of Florida in preparation for Super Tuesday. Finally, with the Maine caucuses quickly approaching Ray made a whistle-stop journey through the populous heart of Maine from Portland to Bangor. Her speeches mirrored her winning strategies in New Hampshire, calling for a balance between the economic needs of the forestry industry and the need to conserve resources and protect leisure areas. Also stressed were her support for a reform of federal retirement benefits and her pledge to support a balanced budget amendment as well as a new opposition to gun control legislation, tersely arguing it had little measurable impact on crime rates. Using a unique format in Augusta she had not yet used on the trail, Ray met with several state legislators to hear out their concerns and what support they were looking for from the federal government. While Ray was still seen as a somewhat awkward speaker, her humor and clearly defined policy positions were more than compensating for it. Only time would tell whether or not her campaign strategy would pay off by consolidating resources in the South.
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Meanwhile the Finch campaign would likewise consolidate campaign resources, abandoning the States of Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Instead, Finch would begin focusing his efforts on the first Southern States that were coming up on Super Tuesday, starting with a trip to Florida, where he visit the Florida State Prison with Gov. Bruce Smathers, getting several photos of the two with "urban criminals" as they toured the facility, followed by Finch making a speech promising to be tough on crime, with a group of "urban criminals" visible in the background. The next stop on his itinerary would be Cape Canaveral, where he would promise to increase space funding, while attacking Sen. Eastland for wanting to defund it. Finch would then visit some of the Florida retirement communities, promoting his pension plans, while clarifying their "non-socialist" nature and once again mixing in attacks against Eastland for his prior support for cutting old-age pensions. Meanwhile, Rev. Falwell would make an appearance in Miami-Dade, talking about God, moral values, and the importance of continuing America's support for the Hashemites. While Falwell would make inroads with the Jewish community for praising the Hashemites, he would alienate Cuban immigrants for making anti-Catholic remarks. Finch's prison PR campaign would be very popular throughout the South, however it would spread to the North after former New York Governor Fred Trump would endorse Finch after watching a recording of it, stating he was "very impressed." As a result, Northern newspapers would accuse Finch of making "racist dog whistles."
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With Diamondstone's penchant for gaffes made clear, the Hall campaign decided to keep him at home in Vermont to organize that state's campaign and to act as a sort of backroom operator. Meanwhile, Sanders would embark on a whistle-stop tour, hitting Massachusetts and Rhode Island. There, Sanders begin organizing and marshaling the grassroots, with the support of college voters and young volunteers, proving himself to be an adept campaigner, as he blitzed those two states and brought voters to their feet. In Nevada, Governor Raúl Grijalva started to cross the state to begin mobilizing farmers, union workers, and Hispanic voters, utilizing his home state being the neighboring state of Arizona. With strong progressive ties and a Hispanic background he would attempt to increase turnout among those groups and organize a local campaign apparatus. Gus Hall himself would personally visit Jesse Jackson in Chicago to discuss uniting the Rainbow Coalition around his candidacy, stating that with Finch backed by Thurmond and Byrd, there was no hope of him being a friend to the movement, alongside emphasizing his previous civil rights activism. This meeting would go terribly, with Jackson accusing Hall & Hampton of attempting to "usurp" him and "undermine" his Rainbow Coalition organization. Jackson would also later remark to the press that "there is no room in this nation under God for atheists like him" while issuing an endorsement against Hall.
Hall would also begin further organizing a national apparatus in the following days to prepare for next contests. Campaign HQs were expanded, and grassroots were mobilized, with the East Coast's organization spearheaded by Diamondstone and Sanders, the Midwest's by union workers affiliated with the League of Revolutionary Workers, and Hampton's Black Panthers & allied groups, in the South by local socialists and African Americans in the Black Belt, in Plains managed by Raul and Mondragon, and on the West Coast, where things would be handled by Newton. All the while, Ebony, LRW, and Rolling Stone would be used as media outlets to mobilize supporters in their respective fields; Ebony for African Americans, LRW for laborers, and Rolling Stone for the youth.
With support from various musicians, the Hall campaign decided to utilize a unique strategy to marshal support. Already, Pete Seeger showed promising results with his music adding an atmosphere of excitement that would otherwise be lacked at Spock and Tyner's dry rallies. So, with this in mind, he expanded his strategy in New England, traveling along with Bernie Sanders' tour of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. His musical performances provided support that would further energize the youth and working class to the side of the Hall campaign, adding onto Sanders' regional name recognition. In California, Cesar Cavez was called to begin rallying farmers and Hispanics, with Joan Baez aiding him in producing Spanish-speaking songs in order to expand outreach. Using this strategy, Chavez went to work with attracting Hispanics to the Hall campaign, alongside establishing further campaign infrastructure, and using the United Farm Workers to handle turnout and campaign operations in limited manner out in the Californian countryside. As Hall's fortune continued to rise, and his ranks of supporters continued to grow, the DNC became more and more nervous and even more liberal newspapers would begin publishing articles attacking him.
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However what would come to be a major part of Hall's campaign would be the his refutations of attacks that McGovern would begin to make against him. “A LIAR, A CHEATER, and A FRAUD—CHUCK GUS!” would become one of the primary slogans of the McGovern campaign as he would attempt to sway college students & other young voters away from Hall, pivoting hard against the communist, using surrogates to allege corruption, infidelity, and moral decay. McGovern himself would argue that Hall fundamentally opposed the republic, and used volunteers at places like Bates College, with a liberal but very rich student body, to distribute literature accusing Hall of treason while featuring photos of McGovern in uniform during the Japanese War. Hall would refute this by having his campaign release photos of him during his volunteer service in US Navy. Meanwhile, Sanders gave a series of aggressive, yet witty rebukes regarding the actions of McGovern, while Hall himself fought the accusations during personal visits into various New England colleges, where he defended himself on the campuses. Additionally, Hall held small time events greetings and questionnaires talking with students in-person. However, McGovern's campaign would match by releasing several different ads comparing Hall to various dictators and traitors throughout history, sparking even more denouncements from Hall & his supporters.
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Maine Primary Results
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Campaign Week 6 (Mar. 5-Mar. 10)
Deep in the South, a dark force that had gone dormant was stirring once again. Rep. David Duke, the man behind the Draft Eastland campaign, would be meet by large crowds in Jackson, MS, where he would play on all the worst passions of the local population, saying:
“At this current time, we are standing up against a plague of Darkness that is blanketing our land. Everywhere this Darkness goes, it infects the land, spreading all kinds of diseases: immorality, drugs, communism. That is why those who live here in the South, the last bastion of superior White civilization in the New World, must take a stand! We can not let the Northern mongrels who control the Federal government enforce their program of race mixing upon us! We will never back down! We will never surrender! We must fight to protect our way of life, our wives, and our children from the Darkness!”
Elsewhere, the KKK would mobilize in full force to rally the White population of the South against the evils of liberalism and communism. Copies of the Crusader, the Klan’s official newspaper, would be spread all over, heralding the destruction of American civilization at the hands of a “Uniparty” plot to “Africanize” the United States. Duke also instructed posters to be made in the style of Jackson’s “Hope” poster, to mock the only Black candidate that had been in the race, with one featuring Sen. James Eastland, another the late George Lincoln Rockwell, and a third featuring rows of Klansmen standing in front of a burning cross. The Southern night sky would burn with the glow of hundreds of burning crosses as the old, dying South prepared for its last stand.
The Eastland Poster for Reference (Was Definitely not Posting the Klan One on Reddit)
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Realizing that he had severely underestimated the threat posed by the KKK's puppet campaign, particularly in his own home state, Finch would begin calling on of his supporters to assist him in stumping across the South to prevent the Eastland campaign from gaining delegates, while also attempting to expand his support out of his no longer certain foundation in the South. NRA President R. Lee Ermey would go make a quick pitch in Wyoming about guns, while Rev. Jerry Falwell go to ND to preach about morality. Jimmy Hoffa would mobilize the Teamsters & other labor connections to pound the pavement for Finch, while former Gov. and Senate candidate Jimmy Carter would attack Eastland to dampen his appeal with rural whites, with Sen. Jackson & Gov. Andrew Young focusing on mobilizing turnout in Atlanta. Former Gov. Fred Trump would also empress on Gov. Mario Cuomo and his son Donald Trump the need to endorse Finch, while he would begin setting up an expansive campaign organization for Finch in New York, with associate Roy Cohn taking the lead on field operations. Rupert Murdoch's various news organizations would begin launching savage attacks on McGovern's "socialism" in NY as well, with him also helping to court Jewish voters by emphasizing Finch's support for the Hashemites. Elsewhere, politicians such as Sen. Joe Biden, Gov. David Boren, Sen. Howell Heflin, Gov. Jim Folsom, Gov. Bill Clinton, Sen. Robert Byrd, Gov. J Bennett Johnston, Former Gov. & Sen. John Connally, Gov. William Jennings Bryan Dorn, Sen. Fritz Hollings, Sen. Strom Thurmond, Rep. Claude Peppers, Sen. Lawton Chiles, LA Mayor Sam Yorty, Howard Jarvis, and others would begin stumping in their home states, building up support for Finch among the people while also corralling local endorsements for him.
Finch himself would continue his march through Florida, visiting the Villages to redouble his points about protecting the Elderly and Old-Age Pensions and Welfare, touring military bases with Governor Smathers, committing to protecting the defense industry even with Detente and a massive expansion of the Navy. He would also go to the Everglades and hammer on the need for environmental conservation while accusing Eastland of supporting the Everglades' destruction. Finch would then return to Washington D.C. and speak before the American Hashemite Publica Affairs Committee (AHPAC) and give a full-throated defense of the Hashemite Empire, the alliance with them, their religious freedom, some Christian Zionist & Zionist bones, and pledge to be the #1 candidate for the protection of the Holy Land from "radical Islamists." With Finch & his campaign no longer holding back, he was beginning to dominate the press far & wide, however his most coveted endorsement would come after more polls showed the surprising strength of the Invisible Empire throughout the South.
“SEN. & LONGTIME FORMER GOV. GEORGE WALLACE MAKES SPEECH IN MONTGOMERY ENDORSING GOV. FINCH FOR PRESIDENT! DENOUNCES REP. DAVID DUKE & KKK FOR ‘SHAM CAMPAIGN!’”
Sen. Wallace would return to the Alabama State Capital to give a speech in which he would endorse Gov. Finch for President, stating that “Finch will continue carrying the torch of the new Dixie, while this sham ‘Draft Eastland’ campaign being run by clownsmen will drag the South back into an era of economic decay & moral darkness. The choice is clear!” Senate Majority Leader Russell Long would also issue an statement denouncing the KKK and endorsing Finch in yet another major boost for his campaign, this coming after both had previously committed to neutrality in the race due to their standing as leaders in the Party.
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After the Maine caucus, the Ray campaign continued at full steam ahead to contest the Super Tuesday primaries. Surprisingly, Ray would trek out to Oklahoma City for her first appearance of the week in a joint event with former presidential candidate & Sen. Fred R. Harris, who had recently confirmed his endorsement. In her speech there, Ray announced her support for the maintenance of high agricultural tariffs, strong corn subsidies, and policies to support small-scale farmers. Leaving Harris to ply the Oklahoma and organize her local campaign efforts, Ray travelled further into the South with Florida as her next major stop. Opening in Cape Canaveral, Ray's first stump speech in Florida would heavily concentrate on her support for the establishment of a moon base and manned Mars mission as a way to stimulate the economy and foster a national purpose with new technological development, echoing the sentiments of John Glenn's now-famous speech in the state. In stops in Orlando and Jacksonville, Ray would reaffirm her support for a more expansive system of retirement benefits while also tackling the issue of healthcare reform. Criticizing Dole's Kasich Health Act as failing to address the root problem of rising insurance premiums, and announced her support for the Medicredit plan of the American Medical Association, which would retain regulated private insurance carriers but transfer responsbility for payment to the federal government with a tax credit and subsidy scheme. She also announced her support for tort reform to lower the liability premiums of hospitals and thereby lower healthcare prices.
Traveling up the Florida panhandle along the Gulf Coast in the latter part of her visit, Ray emphasized her support for a strong defense policy ensuring a dignified standard of living for service members and a modern military that could respond to the threats and encroachments of Germany and the Soviet Union across the world. While Ray was busy with her speeches and visits, her administrative staff was hard at work collecting volunteers and yellow pages for a phone banking program and deploying the funds freed up from Alabama and Georgia for an advertising blitz and mailer program. With the final days of the week, Ray returned to Massachusetts for a joint event with Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn after his endorsement of her campaign. This event would focus on spreading the word of her healthcare policies in Boston as well as her urban renewal program. After wrapping up in Boston, Ray finished out the week with a series of town halls in Lowell, Worcester, and Springfield again emphasizing her urban renewal and housing development policies and support for expanding technical education offerings throughout the country. Both Ray & Finch would also pull there people out of Vermont and urge anti-Hall Democrats to unite behind McGovern, who polls showed to be the only one with any sort of hope of beating Hall there.
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Meanwhile, Hall's campaign would be drawn back to Georgia after front pages across the nation began to carry the headline,
“BOBBY SEALE ARRESTED IN CHICAGO! CHICAGO PD FIND HIM HIDING OUT IN SOUTH SIDE WAREHOUSE!”
Black Panther Bobby Seale, who had been the subject of a nationwide manhunt since the Bainbridge Gunfight, was discovered in a raid carried out by the FBI in cooperation with the Chicago Police. The Chicago PD had received an anonymous type from a “concerned member of the Black community” who stated that they had seen Seale and several other “suspicious individuals in black leather” entering & leaving a boarded-up warehouse in Chicago’s South Side. Seale is was quickly extradited back to Georgia, however his trial was moved up to a Federal court in Atlanta prior to his transfer from Chicago. With Seale’s arrest and upcoming trial to take place relatively soon, Hall’s campaign and the Democratic primaries in general are likely to be continuously affected by a steady stream of national press coverage over it which will likely add a negative perception to Hall’s campaign. Mayor Jesse Jackson could not be reached for comments on the matter.
In response, Hall would contact famed musician Gil Scott-Heron to lead his campaign in the South. Scott-Heron was skeptical at first, and was especially made uncomfortable with the idea of campaigning for Hall in the South after the Bainbridge Incident, yet he would eventually relent. With Alabama deemed the only state in the Deep South worth campaigning in due to its high black population and relative lack of racial violence even during Bobby Seale's tour, Scott-Heron made his trip. Hosting events that doubled as concerts and voter registration drives, turnout was high, and campaigning was smooth. It seemed that there was never a seat empty when Scott-Heron was around to sing, and over time, the previously cautious Hall campaign felt that just maybe, there was an opening in the South after all. For Scott-Heron, it was an illuminating experience, knowing that not only was he performing his songs for the masses, but that there was a damn good cause for it. Scott-Heron's campaign would meet modest support, with Alabama State Police making sure that no vigilantism from White protestors would take place.
Ever since the arrest of Bobby Seale, there had been a fiery media circus that followed. Most of the Hall campaign was left fearful of the potential implications for the coverage of such a trial. Yet, Hall had remembered what came from the Bainbridge Incident: the endorsements of Ebony and Rolling Stone. Even in tough times, it seemed that the destruction left in the wake of the Ku Klux Klan's battle against Seale would have something of a silver lining to it. It was with that that Hall had an idea. One of the magazines which had endorsed him post-Bainbridge was Rolling Stone. Ever since then, at numerous rallies by himself and his surrogates, reporters for Rolling Stone had followed, and perhaps none stood out as much as Hunter S. Thompson. Perhaps the youth's favorite journalist, Thompson still was a strange man in his own right, having previously run for sheriff in Pitkin County, CO on a "freak power" platform. Yet, he was near-legendary among Rolling Stone authors, and with the magazine's endorsement, Hall sought to make the best of Seale's arrest using it. It took some convincing, but Thompson was eventually on board with the idea of interviewing Seale in prison, though it was clear that he was doing this more for himself than anything else. So, Thompson headed over to Georgia on behalf of Rolling Stone to conduct the interview. Making his way through the prison, he met with Seale and began. Despite everything, the interview went over smoothly, or at least as smoothly as an interview done by Thompson could go; he couldn't help himself with referencing drugs and pop culture during what was supposed to be an interview about black power. Regardless, the interview was done, and shortly after, Fear and Loathing in Georgia would be published. The article would end up being re-printed separately as its own booklet as demand for copies of it would soar as college youths would read about the fight against "White Power" that was raging in the South.
Elsewhere, in the aftermath of McGovern's resounding victory in Maine, Hall would call upon local supporters to stump for him in various States. Gov. Diamondstone would begin marshalling whatever support he could in Vermont, wielding the might of the political machine he had built over his years in the Governor’s Mansion. His political connections and deep entrenchment in the state would prove invaluable in organizing local party loyalists and campaign workers in the state to do his best to bring it home. Sen. Sanders would meanwhile embark on an aggressive tour of his native Vermont, going from county to county rallying voters and galvanizing the base. Far from the hotly-contested states in New England, the West would also prove to be a challenging front in the war for the nomination. Seeing a possible opening for his campaign, Hall would instruct campaign surrogates to attempt to mobilize local Native Americans, with Russell Means going on speaking tours across the state to curry as much favor as he can in the state.
Taking full advantage of the American Indian Movement's endorsement of the Hall campaign, infrastructure was quickly built up in the Plains to mobilize Indigenous Americans in vote-getting efforts and activism. At the head of the campaign was Russell Means, a charismatic speaker in his own right, who, using his influence in the American Indian Movement, made great investments into the Dakotas, Oklahoma, and Minnesota, alongside other states that boasted high Indigenous populations. Rapidly, the Indigenous people of America were being mobilized for the Hall campaign. Gus Hall would meet with environmentalist and consumer activist Ralph Nader in an effort to earn his endorsement. He promised to Nader that, as president, he would create two agencies: an Environmental Protection Agency to preserve America's natural beauty, and a Consumer Protection Agency to defend the commonfolk from the predatory practices of big business. Means support, being tepid, failed to rally as much support as he was usually capable of, rendering little success for Hall. Meanwhile, Nader would decline to endorse Hall and move to distance himself from him, calling himself a "moral empiricist."
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All the while, McGovern would continue with his relentless attacks against Hall, continuing to compare him with all kinds of figures. In one speech, he would tell a crowd at the University of Vermont:
“I am fighting today against the same tyranny I fought against in 1944 with the Imperial Japanese!”
After having effectively compared Hall to Hirohito, he would then depict himself as a safer choice, while emphasizing his Christian faith and support for small businesses. However this would not be the end of McGovern's comparisons, as at another rally he would declare:
“In the footsteps of Jefferson Davis, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and George Lincoln Rockwell, Senator Hall has admitted his sympathy with the wrongful states’ rights doctrines of the evil Eastlanders. Let’s make no mistake votes, a vote for Hall is a vote for segregation, and a vote for Eastland is a vote for communism.”
And at yet another at Amherst College, McGovern would say:
“My friends, I studied theology at Wesleyan. I turn you no farther than 2 Corinthians 11:14. 'Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.' Senator Hall masquerades as a politician of the light of progress, but my friends, realize his true nature! The only light he bears is the unyielding lightness of segregation. The torch of progress lies in the hands of forward thinkers, not class warriors.”
Hall would quip in response to a reporter's question on what he thought of McGovern's statements:
"I'm less offended by George [McGovern] and more so worried about him. I feel bad for the poor guy, if I'm being honest."
While some people, particularly youth, would start to get turned off by McGovern's red-baiting and continued turns to the right, he would begin to receive support from older demographics, particularly evangelicals, veterans, and even some Southerners, who were very much enjoying the "new" McGovern. However, McGovern was also getting larger crowds of Pro-Hall counter protestors, with some even spiraling into riots and brawls as youth clashed with adults & police.
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Vermont & Wyoming Primary Results
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Announcement on the 1984 Democratic Primaries
The Swastika's Shadow Link Encyclopedia

Intro
Following the results of the Iowa Caucuses, Senators Harris & Jackson would both suspend their campaigns. While Jackson would do so quietly, with him endorsing Gov. Finch for President, Harris would give a short speech the following day in Nashua, NH, stating:
"Iowa or bust. We shocked the world yesterday in the state of Iowa, but I am a man of my word. The polls in New Hampshire, and across America, simply block our path forward. I am announcing the suspension of my campaign for the presidency. Yesterday night I had a friendly call with both Mr. Finch’s campaign manager, Governor Ray, and Senator McGovern. I am confident that any of us Democrats can lead this nation to a brighter future than can President Dole. But one of us must win, and our party must unite. I admire Governor Finch deeply, but we must focus on November, not June. Our party needs a candidate whose vision can win our nation, not merely Democrats alone. I shall not, therefore, be endorsing a candidate for nominee of this party at the moment. Thank you and goodnight."
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Campaign Week 4, Part 2 & Week 5, Part 1 (Feb. 21-28)
Sen. George McGovern would announce in the aftermath of Iowa that he would start tailing Sen. Gus Hall on the campaign. McGovern would begin making anti-communist speeches at near Hall's rallies in an attempt to keep liberals and the youth from voting for Hall. However after several humiliating attacks from the Hall campaign, McGovern would quickly abandon this strategy and instead attempt further strengthen his New England base by going on a speaking tour at major universities not just in New Hampshire, but also in Maine and Vermont. UVM, Champlain College, Bates, Colby, Bowdoin, UNE, USM and UMaine were just a few of the venues McGovern would make stops at. The events would not be traditional political events, rather he would sit down in rooms with students and other attendees gathered all around and engage in casual discussions with them. McGovern would focus on his vision of a gentler, more liberal vision of American politics, hitting on his dovish positions and support for Universal Healthcare and Universal Basic Income. The two leading candidates in the race, Finch and Ray, were the subject of scathing rebukes by McGovern, with Finch in particular being most heavily criticized for his social conservatism and Ray attacked for her budget balancing. Despite his heavy concentration on the student vote, McGovern would also make appearances for older voters. In these events, he would instead emphasize his service during WW2, and his humble upbringing in rural South Dakota. McGovern would be will received, especially by veteran groups, however he would encounter hecklers at some of college events, who would attack him for not being radical enough.
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In response to McGovern's maneuver, Hall would crack a joke at a rally in Detroit, MI, saying "I would like to thank our special guest, Comrade McGovern. He's always excited to join us at our rallies, passionate as always to promote our policy of free universal healthcare. I believe he might actually have the most perfect attendance out of anyone here." Hall's campaign would also begin producing ads mocking Sen. McGovern for following Hall around in a private jet, thus helping him prove his point of wealth inequality. However Hall's own use of a jet has somewhat lessened the initial effectiveness of these ads. While Hall would continue through the Rust Belt, his prominent supporters would also continue to work hard to get him support. A fellow Black Panther to the now wanted Bobby Seale, Fred Hampton, along with organizer Lu Palmer would begin drumming up support for Hall in Chicago, not just among the Black community, but also among people of Latin American descent, young students, and lower class people. While Hampton would find success in the Black communities and with students, his attempts to meet with the Latinos would not be so successful, due to the local interracial rivalries in Chicago. Additionally, Mayor Jesse Jackson would begin to become suspicious of Hampton's growing power and start using his Rainbow Coalition to undermine him.
Sen. Bernie Sanders would begin stumping in the Granite State of New Hampshire for Hall, speaking at college campuses and making stops in rural communities along the way. The topics of Sander's speeches would cover tuition-free tertiary education, the environment, aid to family farms, and opposition to big business & multinational corporations. Meanwhile, Gov. Diamondstone would continue going through the cities of New Hampshire, attempting to reach out to working class & libertarian voters. However, Diamondstone's disposition to make gaffes and wander into conspiracy theories during speeches would hurt Hall's attempts to build up support, while Sander's would prove far more competent and would manage to continue to draw large crowds while Diamondstone's would shrink.
Hall's campaign would also look ahead to New York, where Rep. Jarvis Tyner would attempt to rally Black support for Hall in a similar manner to Hampton in Chicago. Tyner would attack Finch for his campaign ads comparing him to Woodrow Wilson, calling Finch a racist. While initially these attacks would seem contrived, after Sen. Robert Byrd suddenly suspended his favorite son candidacy across the Upper South and rallied a massive number of previously neutral Southern politicians behind Finch, including the infamous Sen. Strom Thurmond, Tyner would start to see a reversal of fortunes, particularly among urban liberals in NYC. Dr. Benjamin Spock, the famed psychologist & pediatrician, would also endorse Hall and begin speaking in colleges in support of him to moderate success. In the midst of both of their efforts, Pete Seeger and entourages of reporters from the Rolling Stone would add some flair to the otherwise dry speeches of both Tyner & Spock.
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Gov. Finch would make another stop in D.C. in an attempt, successfully, to secure NH Sen. McIntyre's endorsement. He would also visit the headquarters of the League of Conservation Voters and American for Tax Reform to try and gain their support as well. He would then head to NH its self and talk to senior citizen groups and take another interview with the Manchester Union Leader to capitalize on his momentum from his victory in Iowa. Then in the last couple of days before the primary, Finch expanded his reach in the State, playing up his "No new taxes" pledge, support for forest conservation, and his plan to create an oil reserve in the Northeast to ensure people can heat their homes. He would also throw in attacks against the other candidates, particularly Ray, for not being as committed to old-age pensions as he was. Finch would be well-received, however the papers would begin to herald bad signs for the Governor's once seemingly certain New Hampshire victory.
“FINCH SUPPORTERS HAVE LOOSE LIPS! ROBERTSON & YORTY CAUSE CONTROVERSY!” Pat Robertson, while on his radio show, would blast Hall and his supporters as “Agents of Satan,” saying that “Hall is the candidate of Amnesty, Abortion, & Acid! All he wants to do is to destroy our Godly nation and turn it into a modern-day Sodom & Gomorrah! Make no mistake, if we let this Red demon win, then we shall fall into a state of barbarism and anarchy. That is why we must never give any ground to him or his ilk. That is why we must vote for Finch!” Meanwhile back in Los Angeles, Mayor Sam Yorty would give a bizarre speech the day after the Iowa Caucuses, believed to be partially alcohol induced. In it, Yorty would brag about “how much help I have been to Finch” and talk about how he “did more than anyone to help him win Iowa.” He would also mutter some stuff praising Hoffa before his aides finally cut the press conference short.
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In contrast to the snafu caused by Finch's supporters, Ray would receive much positive press, with headlines such as the following being side by side with the ones about Robertson & Yorty. “SEN. JOHN GLENN GIVES ‘GREATEST SPEECH OF HIS LIFE,’ IN SUPPORT OF RAY! RAY & GLENN RECEIVE WIDESPREAD PRAISE!” The source of this boost would come from an unexpected source, Sen. John Glenn, who would, after an official Senatorial visit to Cape Canaveral, Florida, briefly take the stump in Orlando at the official ceremony for the renaming of the University of Central Florida to Walt Disney University, where he would give what has been called “the greatest speech of his career.” He would urge people to continue to support the advancement of science, particularly in space, and also sing Ray’s praises, calling her “the only candidate that truly understands how important the future is.” Ray's campaign would work to capitalize on the widespread popularity of Sen. Glenn's speech by obtaining a recording of it and taking snippets from it and replaying them in radio ads. Her campaign would also heavily employ the use of callers to attempt to drive out voters for Ray.
Ray herself would also make more appearances in NH, hitting the cities of Concord & Manchester respectively. In these speeches, she would share her commitment to reasonable conservation measures to ensure the sustainability of natural resources and protect important preserves, however she would also praise the forestry industry as the underpinning of much of the American economy. But going even further, Ray would denounce the radical environmentalist movement as a ploy to seize control of private industry and dictate the lives of private citizens. Moreover, she asserted that excessive environmental controls were bound to raise energy prices and collapse the national economy, most famously declaring that:
"Calm reason and alarmist environmentalism do not co-exist. The reality is that zero defects in products plus zero pollution plus zero risk on the job is equivalent to maximum growth of government plus zero economic growth plus runaway inflation."
In other speeches and during her town hall events in the smaller towns of the state, Ray would continue to drive home her commitment to a balanced budget while asserting that her opponents would borrow money the country didn't have to finance policies they had hardly thought out. When presenting her own proposals of increasing nuclear power plants throughout the country and improving science and technical education, her speeches always strived to pair them with the exact government commissions that could be wound down in response. In a televised event, Ray also signed a pledge to support the Balanced Budget Amendment that had recently failed to pass Congress. While some New Hampshire citizens would be turned off by here harsh rhetoric on the environment, they would appreciate her commitment to fiscal responsibility.
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A final headline from a developing story on the eve of the New Hampshire Primary:
BREAKING NEWS: AFL-CIO RUMORED TO BE ON VERGE OF SPLIT! AFL-CIO PRESIDENT KIRKLAND DOWNPLAYS FEARS!
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New Hampshire Primary Results
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Announcement on the 1984 Democratic Primaries
The Swastika's Shadow Link Encyclopedia

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