Editor’s note: This story originated from our news partners at the Tribune Content Agency. It originally published in February 2023 and is being shared following Jimmy Carter’s death on Sunday .
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — “My name is Jimmy Carter, and I’m running for president.” And he’d grin. Always that friendly, down-home grin.
That’s how the Georgia peanut farmer and former governor began every campaign speech I heard during the unique election year of 1976…