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The Box 13 scandal was a political scandal which occurred in Jim Wells County, Texas during the Senate election of 1948. Lyndon B. Johnson appeared to have lost the Democratic run-off primary to Coke Stevenson, but six days after polls had closed, 202 additional ballots were found in Precinct 13 - all of which were in Johnson's favor. (Sound familiar?) Stevenson remained ahead of Johnson during the run-off and by midday, but after the discovery of the additional ballots, the 202 additional votes were given to Johnson's vote count, leading to his nomination victory.[1] He later went on to beat Jack Porter of the Republican Party by a margin of 33.28% and 353,320 votes in the Senate election.I thank Parzival for his linking 'From JFK to 911; Everything is a Rich Man's Trick'. [Link] (Interestingly, y'all might have read me say something about books I was given by a dead man in 2001 - and one of those (along with huge amounts of archival JFK stuff and even then out of print books) was this (which I'm already thoroughly familiar with):
Double Cross: The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America by Chuck and Sam (Jr.) Giancana. (First Edition, of course.)Watch it! [Link]
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