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...always been good at internecine warfare; this fall's New York Senate race is a good example of how a head-on collision of two liberals may elect a conservative. The three-way race pits liberal Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) against slightly more liberal Democratic challenger Elizabeth Holtzman in a debilitating battle that may throw the election to an ultraconservative who opposes SALT, ERA ratification, and favors a constitutional amendment banning abortion...
...task in forging a winning coalition will be made difficult by the liberal credentials of the Democratic nominee, four-term Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman of Brooklyn. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Holtzman, 39, impressed constituents as a tough-questioning member of the House Judiciary Committee during its 1974 impeachment hearings on Richard Nixon. She was the principal sponsor of the three-year extension for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. She backed efforts to expel Nazi war criminals from the U.S. and helped expose the fraud in a New York City summer food program that led to 17 convictions...
...Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Myerson mounted a $1.3 million TV campaign, financed mostly by herself and her wealthy friends, in an attempt to convince New Yorkers that her experience as New York City's commissioner of consumer affairs from 1969 to 1974 qualified her for the Senate. But Holtzman raised $1.2 million, mostly from small contributions from 35,000 people, and staged a last-minute TV blitz of her own (built around her campaign theme: "You know what she's done in the House; think what she could do in the Senate"). She also put together an organization...
...election day drew near, the campaign turned bitter. Holtzman sniped at Myerson's lucrative consumer consultant contracts with major corporations. Myerson lambasted the Congresswoman for never having voted for a defense appropriation bill. But in the end, even Holtzman's supporters were surprised by her lopsided victory (41% vs. 30% for Myerson...
...sooner had the primary ended than all three candidates began campaigning for the November election. Holtzman was the initial favorite, chiefly because the state is mostly Democratic, and she has strong support among Jews, the elderly and women. D'Amato and Javits immediately began scrambling for the moderate vote. Scoffed D'Amato of Javits and Holtzman: "Tweedledum and Tweedledee." Because of Holtzman's votes against defense budgets, D'Amato complained, the U.S. military would "have trouble buying a popgun." But with endorsements, from the state's tiny Conservative and Right-to-Life parties...