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Among the re-elected Republican Senators were Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Robert Packwood of Oregon Charles Mathias Jr. of Maryland and Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania Jacob Javits of New York was a fairly comfortable winner; he received 45% of the vote in his race against former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the Democratic nominee, who drew 39%, and Conservative Party Candidate Barbara Keating, who got 15%. Robert Dole of Kansas, who was Republican National Chairman in 1972, won by a whisker. Four months ago Dole thought he was "down the tube." But he managed to beat Obstetrician William Roy (by about...
...Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.), a three-term veteran, bucked a statewide Democratic tide by easily defeating former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Javits's margin, however, was considerably smaller than in his victory six years ago over now New York City Council President Paul O'Dwyer...
Numerous political figures were present at the rally, including Rep. Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.), Democratic candidate for governor of New York, and senatorial candidates Ramsey Clark and Jacob K. Javits...
JAVITS v. CLARK The politics of antipolitics has reached a kind of perfection in the New York senatorial race. Democratic Candidate Ramsey Clark, 46, is doing everything a candidate is not supposed to do. Whenever possible he does not avoid a stand on a controversial issue-he takes it. Instead of giving a long-winded, inconclusive answer to a provocative question he offers a resolute "Yup" or "Nope." In fashion-conscious Manhattan, he would make anybody's list of worst-dressed candidates of the year. Often he wears a jacket that is either worn or torn and rarely matches...
Into this void has stepped, Hush Puppies and all, Ramsey Clark. Ever since he resigned as U.S. Attorney General in the Johnson Administration, Clark has sought out one liberal cause after another. He has championed Eskimos and Indians, the Berrigan brothers and the Attica rebels, New York Detective Frank Serpico and vanishing wildlife. There is a joke on the liberal cocktail circuit that if Clark were told that the "nauga" was an endangered species, he would demand a ban on the sale of Naugahyde furniture. He seemed to be too much of a causemonger for even cause-prone New Yorkers...