Presidential Campaign
During 1972 Democratic presidential primaries, Fauntroy and Representative Shirley Chisholm were the first African-Americans to win a presidential primary. However, while Chisholm ran a nationwide campaign and won three states (New Jersey, Louisiana and Mississippi), Fauntroy campaigned in the D.C. primary alone and won largely uncontested event as a favorite-son candidate with 21,217 (71.78%) votes against 8,343 (28.22%) for unpledged delegates.
In 1976, he again participated in the D.C. primary, this time losing to eventual nominee Jimmy Carter; he placed second overall.
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