NBC News - South Dakota and Minnesota primaries - 1988-02-23

Name: NBC News - South Dakota and Minnesota primaries - 1988-02-23
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[0:03] The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson

[0:05] and Late Night with David Letterman will

[0:06] be seen 15 minutes later than usual so

[0:09] that we may bring you the following NBC

[0:11] News special.

[0:15] NBC News decision 88 coverage continues.

[0:19] Tonight's special report, South Dakota

[0:22] and Minnesota. Here is Tom Brokoff.

[0:27] >> Good evening. In his drive for the

[0:29] Republican presidential nomination,

[0:30] Senator Bob Dole of Kansas tonight was

[0:32] attempting to jumpstart his campaign in

[0:35] the cold of the upper Midwest and

[0:37] apparently he has succeeded. NBC News

[0:39] projects that he has won the South

[0:41] Dakota primary and the Minnesota

[0:42] caucuses in Minnesota on the Republican

[0:44] side as well. Pat Robertson the second

[0:47] place finisher and he could before the

[0:49] night is out beat Vice President George

[0:51] Bush in South Dakota. On the Democratic

[0:53] side, in the Democratic six-pack, well,

[0:56] Dukakus and Gapart split of hair

[0:58] tonight. Gapart winning South Dakota,

[0:59] Dukakus winning Minnesota, our projected

[1:02] winner now in the state of Minnesota

[1:03] with about a third of the vote counted

[1:05] in that caucus state. Massachusetts

[1:07] Governor Michael Dukakus, our projected

[1:08] winner, followed by Illinois Senator

[1:10] Paul Simon and the Reverend Jesse

[1:12] Jackson with about 18% of the vote.

[1:15] Richard Ghart who concentrated on South

[1:17] Dakota well back in that field. Al Gore

[1:19] of Tennessee, Gary Hart and Bruce Bad of

[1:22] course who has dropped out. On the

[1:23] Republican side in Minnesota again our

[1:26] projected winner, Senator Bob Dole about

[1:27] 60% of the vote has been counted in that

[1:30] caucus state where there's trad