U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York narrowly defeated Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota to win all 172 delegates in California's Democratic presidential primary. The results would not be confirmed until after midnight. As CBS News projected that he would be the winner, the result was described as "a major boost in his nomination race against the man he sees as the real opponent: Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey". U.S. President Lyndon Johnson joked about the primary in remarks during a state dinner at the White House and said "We might pick up some tremors later tonight from a disturbance out in California."
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