Jesse L. Jackson Born: 1941 Filed from: Illinois NH Primaries 1984 1988 Votes (D) 5,311 (D) 9,615 Platform: Racial justice - Keep Hope Alive

This populist, fiery Baptist minister advocates social and economic justice and gender equality, an agenda which doubled his support here in 1988. He joined the state's labor leaders in a campaign to rename NH's "Civil Rights Day" to "Martin Luther King, Jr. Day." He founded the Rainbow Coalition, a volunteer grassroots group which works nationally to increase voter registration, particularly among minorities and youth.