Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - George McGovern, onye ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị Democratic Party si South Dakota, bụ onye a họpụtara na United States House of Representatives iji nọchite anya mpaghara 1st congressional nke South Dakota na 1956. A họpụtara ya ọzọ n'afọ 1958, tupu ya emee ihe ịga nke ọma maka United States Senate na 1960 megide Republican incumbent Karl Earl Mundt. Mgbe o jesịrị ozi na ọchịchị John F. Kennedy dị ka onye nduzi nke mmemme Food for Peace, McGovern gbara ọsọ ọzọ maka Senate ma jiri obere merie Senator Joseph H. Bottum. N'afọ 1968, McGovern gbara mbọ n'enwetaghị ntuliaka onyeisiala nke Democratic Party na Democratic National Convention
a họpụtakwara ya ọzọ n'ụlọomeiwu karịa onye bụbu gọvanọ South Dakota bụ Archie M. Gubbrud. N'afọ 1972, McGovern nwere ihe ịga nke ọma na mkpọsa ya maka nhọpụta onye isi ala nke Democratic, mana ọ tụfuru ntuli aka na ntuli aka nke onye isi ala Richard Nixon. A họpụtara McGovern ọzọ na Senate na 1974 karịa onye agha Vietnam bụ Leo K. Thorsness, mana ọ tụfuru ntuli aka ọzọ na 1980 nye onye nnọchi anya US James Abdnor. McGovern gbara ọsọ ikpeazụ maka onye isi ala na 1984 United States ntuli aka onye isi ala.