Richard Nixon opposed John F. Kennedy in the Presidential election of 1960. President Kennedy was the victor by over 100,000 votes.
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john f Kennedy ran a grueling race against Richard Nixon and ended up triumphantly defeating him and becoming the president.
John Kennedy was a liberal Democrat. He was opposed by Conservatives and Republicans. He ran against Richard Nixon for President in 1960.
John Kennedy ran against Richard Nixon in 1960. Kennedy won but Nixon ran again in 1968 and won.
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John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy ran against Richard Nixon and won
He ran against President John Adams
The first case of this was Thomas Jefferson, who ran against John Adams.
John F. Kennedy's opponent in the 1960 presidential election was Richard Nixon. Nixon would later become the country's 37th President.
Kennedy was elected president in November of 1960. He was inaugurated on January 20, 1961.
Richard Nixon is the one who lost to Kennedy in a close election.