 Mwedzi wakatevera, mukwikwidzi waHumphrey, Robert F. Kennedy, akapondwamuLos Angeles, zvichikurudzira Mutevedzeri Wemutungamiri Wenyika kudzokera kumusha kwake muMinnesota uye kufunga nezvenhanho inotevera. Ashamiswa nechiitiko chacho, Humphrey akatora mavhiki maviri asingaiti mushandirapamwe. Iye akasangana naPurezidhendi Johnson, uye vaviri vacho vakataura pamusoro pechinhu chiri chose mukati memusangano wamaawa matatu. Kuurayiwa kwacho kwakatoita kuti Humphrey asarudzwe. Akataura kuti akanga achiita zvose zvaaigona kuti akunde kugadzwa...asi Mwari anoziva kuti ndakanga ndisingadi kuti zvive saizvozvo. Nhamba huru yevamiriri vaKennedy yakashandukira kuna Humphrey, asi akarasikirwa nemari kubva kuvapa mari veRepublican vainetseka nezvekusarudzwa kwaKennedy, uye kuongororwa kwemaonero evanhu kwakashandukira Senator McCarthy. Kutaura zvazviri, Humphrey akarohwa kumeso kwevanhu 50 000 musi waJune 19 paLincoln Memorial paakaziviswa paSolidarity March nokuda kwekodzero dzevanhu. Drew Pearson naJack Anderson vakarondedzera mhinduro yacho seyakashata, zvichipiwa kuti Humphrey akarohwa pamusangano weDemocratic National Convention muna 1948 mushure mekutsigira chirongwa chekodzero dzevanhu. Akaedza kudzivirira nhoroondo yake kune vanoshora vezvematongerwe enyika, asi kazhinji akasangana nevanopikisa hondo uye mapoka evanhu vane utsinye pavaiita mushandirapamwe. Pakupera kwaJune, Seneta weRepublican Mark Hatfield weOregon akaongorora nhangemutange, achitaura kuti Humphrey aizove mumiriri webato kumutungamiri wenyika asi akamushora nekunyatsoenderana nemitemo yaJohnson. Humphrey akakumbira mvumo yaJohnson kuti atendeuke kubva pachinzvimbo chehutongi pahondo yehurongwa hwaisanganisira kumiswa kwekubhomba uye kudzoserwa kwemauto, asi Johnson akaramba, achitsanangura kuti zvaizokanganisa nzira yerunyararo uye kuisa pangozi varwi veAmerica. Akaudza Humphrey kuti ropa romukuwasha wake uyo akanga achishumira muVietnam, raizova pamaoko ake kana akazivisa nzvimbo itsva yacho. 