 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pasina nguva refu, Kennedy akazivisa kukwikwidza kwake kuti ave mukwikwidzi anotevera weDemocratic Party. Akakumbira Chavez kumhanya somumiriri musarudzo dzokutanga dzeCalifornia. Muna May wose, Chavez akafamba muCalifornia yose, achikurudzira vashandi vomumapurazi uye maDemocrat akanyoresa kuti vatsigire Kennedy. Basa rake rokurwira kodzero dzevanhu raiva chinhu chakabetsera kukunda kwaKennedy mudunhu iroro. Kwakanga kuri pamhemberero yorukundo muLos Angeles, chiitiko chakapindwa naChavez, apo Kennedy akaurayiwamusi waJune 5. Chávez ipapo akapinda mariro aKennedy muNew York somutakuri wenguvo. Kuurawa kwaKennedy kwakauya mwedzi miviri mushure mokunge kwaitwa kwaMartin Luther King, zvichiita kuti vashandi vemusangano wacho vanetseke zvikuru kuti Chávez aizourayiwawo nevaya vaimushora. 