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yes Truman ran for president. he ran against Dewey.it is actually well known that the newpaper put that Dewey beats Truman before all the poles were in. after all the poles were in, Truman beat Dewey.

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Yes, Harry Truman ran for president in 1948 as the incumbent president.

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Harry Truman ran for President in 1948 as the incumbent.

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Thomas Dewey, Republican Governor of New York, and one of the best law enforcement crime fighters in the history of the USA.

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