The behind-the-scenes story of JFK's 1960 Wisconsin primary campaignWhen John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he did something no candidate had done before: he leveraged the power of state primaries to win his party s nomination. Kennedy s first battleground state? Wisconsin a state that would prove more arduous, more exhausting, and more crucial to winning the presidency than any other. Wisconsin for Kennedy brings to life the stories behind JFK s history-making 1960 Wisconsin primary campaign, and how Kennedy s team managed to outmaneuver his politically seasoned opponent, Hubert Humphrey. From Jackie Kennedy commandeering a supermarket loudspeaker in Kenosha, to the Wisconsin forklift driver who planned President Kennedy s final trip to Dallas, this captivating book places readers at the heart of the action.Author B.J. Hollars chronicles JFK s nail-biting Wisconsin win by drawing on rarely cited oral histories from the eclectic team of people who worked together to make it happen: a cranberry farmer, a union leader, a mayor, an architect, and others. Wisconsin for Kennedy explores how Wisconsin helped propel JFK all the way to the White House in a riveting historical account that reads like a work of rollicking, page-turning fiction.