The 1976 United States Senate election in California took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John V. Tunney ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Republic
S I. Hayakawa, 1976
S. I. Hayakawa
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Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. A professor of English, he served as president of San Francisco State University and then as a U.S. Se
1976 United States Senate election in California
…took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John V. Tunney ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Republican S. I. Hayakawa. As of 2024, this is the last time an incumbent Democratic Senator from California lost re-election. Primary elections were held on June 8. Tunney…
Official portrait, 1981
Hayakawa (top row, left) with other staff members of The Rocking Horse, a student paper at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1934
Portrait by Harold Hone c. 1936
Hayakawa, while campaigning for US Senate in 1976