Word: takano
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Takano's is a story that Frank Capra might have directed. Like Mr. Smith, Takano is a young man who has spent his entire professional life surrounded by children--as a teacher of social studies and English at Rialto Junior High School in Riverside County, California...
...unlike the fictional senator, Takano has won a reputation for being prim and proper. At Rialto Junior High, students and teachers alike made fun of his trademark bow tie and tasseled loafers...
...candidate, Mr. Takano, 31, is not exactly running away from his past. He's taking on Ken Calvert, a successful real estate developer who lost a Congressional race ten years...
...school teacher versus a real estate developer--that's just too good a matchup to pass up," says Takano, who will return to Rialto Junior High if he loses the race. "Symbolically, sending a teacher to Washington would be a strong message for our county...
...Takano's political ascendancy was a product of hard work and luck. Takano was fortunate to run in the 43rd Congressional district in Riverside County, one of seven new districts that California gained after the 1990 census...