Word: tunneys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With 52 per cent of the votes counted, Republican S.I. Hayakawa was narrowly leading incumbent Sen. John V. Tunney (D-Calif.) in the California senatorial race last night...
...Associated Press reported that Hayakawa led Tunney by 1500 out of a total of 3.6 million votes tallied...
...critical factor affecting the outcome appeared to be the failure of Tunney to win votes in heavily Democratic areas of the state. Polls conducted last week had shown the race to be dead even...
...start of the campaign, observers said they believed Tunney was likely to be elected to a second term...
California--In a state that has cooked up a dazzling array of eccentric political personalities, the current Senate contest between Democratic Senator John F. Tunney and Republican S.I. Hayakawa is certainly not an anomaly. Hayakawa, a conservative folk-hero from the days of campus unrest, has launched his political casreer at the ripe age of 70. With a tam-o-shanter upon his head as a trademark, the college president travels the state with a bizarre campaign style that features frequent expressions of disinterest about a wide variety of issues. Tunney's bland, Eastern style--including a Kennedyesque accent--palls...