On This Day In 1969: Barry Goldwater Jr. Elected To House

April 29, 1969:

A special congressional runoff election in California's 27th District, necessitated when Rep. Ed Reinecke (R) resigned to become lieutenant governor, is won by Barry Goldwater Jr.

Goldwater, a 30-year old Los Angeles stockbroker and the son of the 1964 Republican presidential nominee, easily defeated Democrat John Van de Kamp. Goldwater will serve in the House until 1982, when he will make an unsuccessful bid for the GOP Senate nomination.

That was then. In 2008, Goldwater was the Political Junkie guest on NPR's Talk of the Nation. We've uncovered this rare photo of Goldwater with, um, me, holding up a Goldwater for Congress poster from '69 (from the famed Rudin collection).

Photo by John Dean (who along with Goldwater was our special Junkie guest in a April 2008 TOTN).

Ken Rudin and Barry Goldwater Jr. hold up a Goldwater poster from his (Barry's, not Ken's) 1969 election.

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P.S. Thanks to host Kathleen Dunn and all the great folks at Wisconsin Public Radio for a fun program this morning.