In the 1984 election, the then-Colorado senator shocked the political establishment when he beat former Vice President Walter Mondale by 10 percentage points in the New Hampshire primary.

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Dean stunned the Democratic establishment last month when he won the backing of former Vice President Al Gore.

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He spent the next few months campaigning as much against Kennedy as he did against Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who became the choice of the party establishment after Johnson's withdrawal.

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