ABSTRACT
For a short period during the 1988 presidential campaign, Gary Hart, then senator from Colorado, held a substantial lead in public opinion polls over other Democratic Party candidates. But less than three weeks after the announcement of his candidacy (May 8, 1987), he was forced to withdraw from consideration. Although Hart attempted for a brief period to reenter the presidential race, with limited success, revelations about his personal behavior during the campaign essentially destroyed his candidacy.
