Themes: 21st Congressional Caucus · Redistricting · Carl Stokes’ Mayoral Campaigns: Declaring His Candidacy · The Summer Campaign · The October Primary · The November General Election · Seth Taft · November 7 Election Day · Stokes Wins! · Hooray for Mayor Stokes · Louis Stokes Enters Politics and Makes Ohio History · A 30-Year Career Starts in 1969
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< “Louis at a campaign rally with Senator Muskie” Carl Stokes Picture Group 429.

In 1968, Presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey selected Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine as his Vice Presidential running mate. Louis Stokes is pictured on the campaign trail with Vice Presidential candidate Senator Muskie. At the time, Louis was also running for a seat in the twenty-first district House of Representatives.