The election of this year saw Joe Biden win his first Senate term and the revelation that Thomas Eagleton had received electroshock therapy, causing his replacement by Sargent Shriver as the losing party's vice presidential nominee.
The election of this year saw Joe Biden win his first Senate term and the revelation that Thomas Eagleton had received electroshock therapy, causing his replacement by Sargent Shriver as the losing party's vice presidential nominee. Segregationist George Wallace's bid for the Democratic nomination in this year ended after he was shot. The best known event of this year's election later saw the Committee to Reelect the President implicated in actions which resulted in the Saturday Night Massacre. That event in this year caused Mark Felt to provide tips to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein using the alias Deep Throat. For 10 points, name this year which saw the reelection of Richard Nixon and the Watergate break-in
The election of this year saw Joe Biden win his first Senate term and the revelation that Thomas Eagleton had received electroshock therapy, causing his replacement by Sargent Shriver as the losing party's vice presidential nominee.
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