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title: "When Senator Joseph McCarthy decided to run for a second term, what issue became the focus of his reelection campaign?"  
description: "When Senator Joseph McCarthy decided to run for a second term, what issue became the focus of his reelection campaign?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43175/when-senator-joseph-mccarthy-decided-to-run-for-a-second-term-what-issue-became-the-focus-of-his-reelection-campaign  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# When Senator Joseph McCarthy decided to run for a second term, what issue became the focus of his reelection campaign?

When Senator [Joseph McCarthy](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42003/joseph-mccarthy-always-appeared-before-television-cameras-with-loose-sheets-of-paper-which-he-could-wave-at) decided to run for a [second term](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42693/during-his-second-term-what-problem-did-george-w-bush-attempt-to-address-by-calling-for-the-privatization-of-social-security), what issue became the [focus](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300987/ways-to-improve-your-mental-focus) of his reelection [campaign](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33845/which-ministry-launches-saksham-2018-campaign)?\
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