John Tunney, ex-US senator from California, dies at 83

AP via The Mercury News ^ | January 12, 2018 | Andrew Dalton

[EveningStar]

John V. Tunney, whose successful campaign for a California seat in the U.S. Senate became the basis for the 1972 Robert Redford film “The Candidate,” has died. He was 83.

Tunney died of prostate cancer Friday at a home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, his brother, Jay Tunney, told The Associated Press.

Tunney was among the youngest people elected to the U.S. Senate in the past century when he won his seat in 1970 at age 36. He then became one of the youngest in recent history to lose a Senate seat when he was defeated after just one term...

Tunney was born in New York the son of Connecticut socialite Polly Lauder Tunney and boxer Gene Tunney, the 1920s heavyweight champion whose two victories over Jack Dempsey were among the most renowned fights of the 20th century...

[Fiji Hill]

I didn’t know why so many CA Republicans turned against Hayakawa in the 1982 primary, but they nominated another RINO, Pete Wilson.

The deal breaker for many conservatives including myself was Hayakawa's vote to ratify the treaty giving away the Panama Canal. In any case, if I remember correctly, he declined to run for another term. The party establishment got behind Wilson who, if I remember correctly, didn't have any strong opposition in the primary.

[EveningStar]

I think so.