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If Javits remains to the finish, New Yorkers might see a repeat of the 1970 election in which a split liberal vote meant the election of conservative James Buckley by a slim plurality
This race could be a rerun of the sixties, with a Goldwater-type hawk facing off again a traditional dove. The third candidate--incumbent Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.)--accuses both of extremism, attempting to straddle the middle. He may find out--too late--that by splitting the liberal...
If some worry about what they perceive to be Holtzman's "doctrinaire naivete on the left," many find the spectre of Republican Al D'Amato far more frightening. The supervisor of a suburban township, D'Amato--who, until now, has had no experience in national politics--recently suggested that he...
In spite of these revelations, D'Amato has successfully managed to depict himself as the candidate of the overtaxed and under-appreciated middle class, an average guy in contrast to the intellectual Javits and the Harvard-educated Holtzman. The man who once stood next to Howard Jarvis at a rally...
For the first time since September, a New York Daily News straw poll released Thursday shows D'Amato with a seven-point lead over Holtzman. Little more than a week before, a Times-CBS News poll had given Holtzman a ten-point edge. With D'Amato gaining rapidly, pressures should...