Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Sanadkii 1968 Branigin wuxuu helay dareen qaran markii uu u tartamay Lyndon B. Johnson doorashadii madaxtinimada ee Indiana. Johnson wuxuu ka baxay tartanka 31kii Maarso 1968, laakiin Branigin wuxuu sii waday inuu u tartamo musharax ahaan Robert F. Kennedy iyo Eugene McCarthy. Branigin wuxuu rajaynayay in dadaalkiisa uu ka faa'iideysan doono in Indiana ay door weyn ka qaadato
Shirweynihii xisbiga dimuqraadiga ee Chicago 1968 Branigin ayaa kaalinta labaad ka galay doorashadii Kennedy.