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...major victory that reflected voter frustration with ordinary politics and ordinary politicians, Republican S.I. Hayakawa ousted Democrat John Tunney from his U.S. Senate seat. When the tart-tongued Hayakawa takes the oath of office next January, he will be-at 70 -one of the oldest freshman Senators in the history of the Senate...
...voters little. More troublesome was that Tunney answered every question put to him in voluble Senatorese, appeared overanxious to please, and shifted views on such major issues as natural gas deregulation and national health insurance. On TV, Tunney, despite his reputation as a swinging, divorced playboy, seemed uptight, while Hayakawa displayed a jaunty-and politically effective-cool...
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 until the Detroit News published tapes about Riegle's trysts with a staff member. The race is a squeaker. MISSOURI. Warren Hearnes (D) v. John Danforth (R): ex-Governor Hearnes bears many political scars. NEW YORK. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) v. Incumbent James Buckley (R-Conservative): the flamboyant...
After retiring from San Francisco State in 1973, Hayakawa switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party because of what he termed his dissatisfaction with Democratic support of political radicals...
This is the first time Hayakawa has run for public office...