But it would be no easy walk to win the White House against the Republican candidate, Vice President Richard Nixon 1913—1994.
Kennedy won by over seventy thousand votes.
Formally announcing his candidacy in January 1960, Kennedy made whirlwind tours and won the Democratic primaries in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Oregon, Maryland, Nebraska, and West Virginia.
In the weeks that followed their first meeting, their acquaintance ripened fast.