The Nation - News from May 28, 1986
Maryland, following the lead of eight other states, will hold its primary election the second Tuesday in March in 1988 in an effort to give the South a bigger role in presidential politics. Gov. Harry Hughes, who had been contemplating a veto of the Super Tuesday primary bill, signed the legislation into law. Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee also have adopted the Super Tuesday primary date.
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