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...Harkin. (D-Iowa), a traditional liberal, knocked off Sen. Roger W. Jepsen (R-Iowa) after a tightly fought and highly personal campaign...
...year-old Harkin, a five-term veteran of the House, has closely identified himself with agricultural issues and won by consistently large margins in his heavily Republican home district. He capitalized on several major gaffes by Jepsen throughout the campaign...
Jepsen lost a large early lead in the polls in the late spring after disclosures that he reportedly belonged to an Iowa sex club. But a furious series of negative TV ads restored his lead by September, until Harkin retaliated with his own media blitz focusing on Jepsen's "insensitivity...
...Georgia F-Sam Nunn (D) 871 023 82 75 Mike Hicks (R) 189 668 18 Idaho Pete Busch (D) 21 823 22 31 E--Jim McClure (R)' 74 541 74 Illinois E--Paul Simon (I) 1508 243 52 65 Charles Percy (R)' 1365 591 47 Iowa E--Tom Harkin (D) 613 350 56 87 Roger Jepsen (R)' 478 327 44 Kansas Jim Moher (D) 161 783 22 71 E--Nancy Kasselbaum (R)' 557 843 71 Kentucky Walter Huddleston (D) 633 384 50 100 E--Mitch McConnell (R) 637 384 50 Lousiana E--Bennett Johnston (D) uncontested (Unopposed) Maine Elizabeth Mitchell...
...VOLATILITY of the Iowa race reflects the deep political division within the state. Jepsen has a lock on the 40 percent of the electorate that votes solid conservative, and Harkin has a similarly sized bed of committed liberal support. That leaves the middle 20 percent of the voters to decide the election. These voters are mostly moderates unhappy with both Jepsen's doctrinaire conservatism and Harkin's unbridled liberalism. Disillusioned with problems, disaffected by the candidates, and disturbed about Iowa's economic crisis, they are more prone to vote against a candidate then for him. The success of Harkin...