Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - N'afọ 1968 Branigin nwetara nlebara anya mba mgbe ọ gbara ọsọ dị ka onye na-anọchi anya Lyndon B. Johnson na ntuli aka ndị isi oche Democratic nke Indiana. Johnson hapụrụ asọmpi ahụ na Machị 31, 1968, mana Branigin gara n'ihu na-agba ọsọ dịka nwa nwoke kachasị amasị ya megide Robert F. Kennedy na Eugene McCarthy. Branigin nwere olile anya na mbọ ya ga-eme ka Indiana nwekwuo ike na mgbakọ ndị Democrats nke 1968
na Chicago. Branigin mechara bụrụ onye nke abụọ n'ọkwa nke mbụ n'aka Kennedy.