Video: 'Documentary American Experience JFK Like No Other Part I' (June 18, 1946, at 43:50)

(Tuesday, June 18, 1946) — John F. Kennedy, seeking his first public office, won today’s Democratic primary for the 11th Congressional seat in Massachusetts, out polling his nearest rival Mike Neville 19,426 votes to 10,875 votes to face Republican Lester Bowen in the general election.