Word: takano
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...June, Takano won a primary crowded with six other contenders--all just as obscure as he--with 30 percent of the vote...
...None of the major Democrats in this area were considering running; it was either make a run now or never," says Takano. "I knew unemployment was going to worsen, and I thought the district would be in the mood for change...
...government major and Republican while at Harvard, Takano's views soon changed. After graduating, he and a group of other Harvard students bicycled from Seattle to Boston to raise money for Oxfam America, an international relief and development agency. He also was a substitute teacher in Brookline, Belmont and the Boston public schools, before going to Rialto Junior High five years...
...experience at Rialto drove home to him the problems of educating youths. In a 1990 Los Angeles Times article on innovative teachers, Takano recalled one student told him, "Dang, Mr. Takano, if I was as smart as you, I would be selling drugs...
While California political experts say Takano stands a better than even chance of winning the seat, Takano is waging an uphill battle in district that is unmistakably Reagan country...