Question

After Adlai Stevenson surprisingly allowed the party to decide his running mate at the 1956 DNC, a congressman from this state presiding over the DNC swung it away from John F. Kennedy and towards Estes Kefauver. In 1960, JFK gave a speech in this state to a group of Protestant ministers, warning “[t]oday I may be the victim, but tomorrow it may be you,” (-5[1])defusing controversy over his Catholicism. The day JFK won the Democratic nomination, he allied with the (*) Speaker of the House from this state, Sam Rayburn. (10[2])In response to an incredibly petty feud involving progressive senator Ralph Yarborough, JFK embarked on a unity tour of this state where he sat with governor John Connally in a motorcade. For 10 (10[1])points, name this state where JFK was assassinated. ■END■

ANSWER: Texas
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffOlmo (Bonus) BagelryColumbia B63-5
Mazin OmerWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Againnats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft8810
Daniel SheinbergUG Championship Players (and Mazin)meet the new weird, same as the old weird8810
John John GrogerColumbia BOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry12110

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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%33%17%80.17
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2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%0%109.00