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| Candidate Bush gives a speech in New Hampshire during the early days of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Bush won the first primary election in Iowa, but soon lost critical momentum with a decisive loss in New Hampshire. |
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| George H.W. Bush was the first sitting vice president to be elected to the presidency since Martin Van Buren in 1836. Both were defeated in their re-election bids four years later. |
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| What stage of Bush's campaign does this photo capture? How does the picture tell you that? How does this scene compare to a current-day campaign stop? |
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