Word: hartkee
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Vance Hartke(D.,Ind.) $245,700
One notable trend in the 1976 donations was that business and professional groups nearly tripled their 1974 giving. But Big Labor still led those groups in total spending, $8.2 million to $7.1 million. In the past two years, some 370 new committees were created by corporations to channel political donations...
He promised more boodle from Washington-which enhanced seniority would enable him to produce. His themes were the same ones that had won him three Senate elections in the past: jobs, schools, increased Social Security. But during his nearly 18 years in Washington, Democrat Vance Hartke had acquired a well...
CALIFORNIA. Incumbent John Tunney (D) v. S.I. Hayakawa (R): like Dad, Tunney may win the decision. INDIANA. Vance Hartke (D) v. Richard Lugar (R): Lugar lost a 1974 Senate race; may well make it this time. MICHIGAN. Don Riegle (D) v. Marvin Esch (R): the Democrat seemed a shoo-in...
Lugar ran a close race in 1974 against Senator Birch Bayh, a far more popular figure in the state than Hartke. Despite his dubious distinction of being "Richard Nixon's favorite mayor," Lugar projects an image of integrity and freshness to the voters.