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(Tuesday, April 30, 1968, announcement scheduled at 11 a.m. EDT; during the Republican Party presidential primaries, 1968) — After months of hesitation, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller announced today that he would challenge front-runner Richard Nixon for the Republican presidential nomination, promising to fight “with all my heart, my mind and my will.”