May 15, 1984:
Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO) easily defeats former Vice President Walter Mondale in the Nebraska and Oregon primaries. Mondale, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, fails to carry a county in either state.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson finishes a poor third in both states.
Nonetheless, Mondale will win the nomination on the first ballot at the San Francisco convention.
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