Buuxi weedhan soo socota: George McGovern, siyaasi ka tirsan Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee South Dakota, ayaa markii ugu horreysay loo doortay Aqalka Wakiilada Mareykanka si uu u matalo degmada Koonfurta Dakota ee 1aad ee Koongareeska 1956. Waxaa dib loo doortay 1958, ka hor inta uusan ku guuleysan tartankii Senate-ka Mareykanka ee 1960 ee ka dhanka ahaa Karl Earl Mundt. Ka dib markii uu ka soo shaqeeyey maamulka John F. Kennedy isagoo ahaa agaasimaha barnaamijka Cuntada Nabadda, McGovern wuxuu mar kale u tartamay Senate-ka wuxuuna si dhib yar uga adkaaday Senator-ka loo magacaabay Joseph H. Bottum. Sanadkii 1968, McGovern wuxuu isku dayay inuu u tartamo doorashada madaxtinimada ee xisbiga Dimuqraadiga
Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga waxaana dib loogu doortay Senate-ka ka hor Guddoomiyihii hore ee Koonfurta Dakota Archie M. Gubbrud. Sanadkii 1972-kii, McGovern wuxuu ku guuleystay ololihiisa musharaxnimada madaxtinimada ee xisbiga Dimuqraadiga, laakiin wuxuu ku guuldareystay doorashadii uu ku guuleystay madaxweynihii xilka hayey Richard Nixon. McGovern waxaa dib loogu doortay Aqalka Senate-ka sanadkii 1974 isagoo ka adkaaday halyeeygii Dagaalkii Vietnam Leo K. Thorsness, laakiin wuxuu lumiyay dib u doorashadii 1980 kii wakiilkii Mareykanka ee xilligaas James Abdnor. McGovern wuxuu sameeyay tartankii ugu dambeeyay ee aan guuleysan ee madaxweynaha doorashadii madaxtinimada Mareykanka ee 1984.