FREE: 1960 Colorful Green DEMOCRATIC Donkey political election campaign tab pin ILLINOIS Jim McLAUGHLIN

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Offered is an interesting bright lime green Democratic Donkey or mule political election campaign badge, lapel tab or pin that promoted the election of Democrat McLaughlin for Secretary of State.

This is believed to be a campaign item during the 1960 JFK John F. Kennedy election against Richard Nixon. James R McLaughlin ran for Secretary of State in Illinois, supported by the Cook County Democratic Mayor Daley, however, Jim McLaughlin lost to the Republican Charles F. Carpentier by approximately 9% of the votes.

This tab pin is approximately 1 1/4" in length and is finely detailed with mane, eyes and hooves. It also has a union bug in the middle. A neat statewide political item that shows the Democratic symbol the Donkey.