McCarthyism

McCarthyism is unalterably connected to the life of McCarthy himself. When he returned from his much publicized and exaggerated service with the Marines in World War II, McCarthy decided to enter politics and won a campaign as circuit judge at the age of 29. He upset Wisconsin’s iconic Republican incumbent Senator Robert LaFollette in the Wisconsin senatorial primary of 1946 and then went on to easily beat his Democratic opponent and take the seat.