Thanks! That gives me a look into some stuff I hadn't read about.
Sure thing. One additional comment, since many in the GOP felt that Cranston's win of the seat was an aberration, there was a strong push to try to get then-Governor Reagan to run against him in '74 to take the seat back, as RR was concluding his 2nd term. But Reagan realized that given the political climate, he'd likely have come up short against Cranston (a very smart move on his part). Reagan had actually not performed so well running for a 2nd term in '70 in a very radicalized atmosphere (a closer margin of victory over Jesse Unruh than he had won by in '66 over Pat Brown -- and Sen. George Murphy lost reelection to the empty liberal suit, Congressman John Tunney), so he faced a very strong possibility of a loss even if he ran for a 3rd term as Governor (I don't recall if Governors were eligible at that point to run for one, as Pat Brown was able to in '66).