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Party fundraiser at the navy pier in chicago, and much to everyones surprise, hundreds of women showed up to picket that democratic party fundraiser, and they were all carrying the same sign, "dump dixon." you can actually still see the dump dixon pins they made for that protest. theyre in political history collections now. but the first dump dixon protest was two days after dixons yes vote for the clarence thomas nomination. two days after that protest, its clear that senator al dixon, al the p...

In the first place, he won it in a walk by nearly 15 points. when he got re-elected six years later, he won by 31 points. by the time he was ready to run for a third term in 1992, he honestly didnt even expect anyone to run against him. at the time he cast that yes vote for clarence thomas, there was no challenger declared to run against him, either from his own party or from the republican party. he cast his vote for clarence thomas on october 15th, 1991. two days later, on october 17th, 1991, ...

By the time he was ready to run for a third term in 1992, he honestly didnt even expect anyone to run against him. at the time he cast that yes vote for clarence thomas, there was no challenger declared to run against him, either from his own party or from the republican party. he cast his vote for clarence thomas on october 15th, 1991. two days later, on october 17th, 1991, senator alan dixon went home to illinois to a democratic party fundraiser at the navy pier in chicago, and much to everyon...

But the first dump dixon protest was two days after dixons yes vote for the clarence thomas nomination. two days after that protest, its clear that senator al dixon, al the pal, was starting to have a little bit of an uh-oh moment about what that vote might cost him. this is from "the daily dispatch," a newspaper from moline, illinois, from october 19th, 1991. so this is four days after dixons yes vote on thomas. its only two davis after he got picketed by women protesters holding the dump dixon...