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Hayakawa wins California Senate seat in landmark victory
Maverick Republican S I Hayakawa, 70, defeats incumbent John V. Tunney to become the first minority member elected to California's senate. The UCLA and SFSU president emeritus ran a hard line anti Washington campaign, calling himself Sam the Samurai and urging women to protest adult magazines to defend privacy. Tunney did not concede immediately, citing confidence in a close result.
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