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...schools, increased Social Security. But during his nearly 18 years in Washington, Democrat Vance Hartke had acquired a well-deserved reputation as a junketeering, always-on-the-make politician. In a race in which integrity was the hot issue, that image was fatal. Hartke, 57, was swamped by Richard Lugar, 44, who served two successful terms as mayor of Indianapolis...
...Republican moderate, Rhodes scholar and onetime Eagle Scout, Lugar preached fiscal conservatism, strong national defense, tax cuts for individuals and business. He was so confident of victory that he spent the day before the election teaching at Indiana Central University, where he is a visiting professor of political science. The subjects of his courses: government and ethics...
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...
...Iowa Democrat John Culver) and another became Governor of California (Democrat Jerry Brown). This year three are aiming at governorships (Delaware Republican Pierre S. du Pont IV, Illinois Republican James Thompson, West Virginia Democrat John D. Rockefeller IV). All three are favored. Seven seek Senate seats: Indiana Republican Richard Lugar, former mayor of Indianapolis; Maryland's Democratic Congressman Paul Sarbanes; Michigan's Democratic Congressman Donald Riegle; Missouri's Republican Attorney General John Danforth; Pennsylvania's Republican Congressman H. John Heinz III; Texas' Republican Congressman Alan Steelman; Vermont's Democratic Governor Thomas Salmon. Three...
...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...