 During the campaign that preceded the 1960 U.S. Presidential election , both candidates — Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy — made campaign stops in Alaska . Both men gave their support to the Rampart Dam project , with Kennedy saying , " I see the greatest dam in the free world at Rampart Canyon , producing twice the power of the Tennessee Valley Authority to light homes and mills and cities and farms all over Alaska . " Nixon , arriving three months after Kennedy , said , " As far as Rampart Canyon Dam is concerned , certainly you can expect progress , more progress , I believe , in our administration than his " . 
