Following the primary defeat, Javits ran as the Liberal Party candidate in the general election, having split the Democratic base vote with United States Representative Elizabeth Holtzman of Brooklyn and giving D'Amato a plurality victory.
Javits ran as the Liberal Party candidate in the general election. This was following the primary defeat. Javits was having split the Democratic base vote with United States Representative Elizabeth Holtzman of Brooklyn. This was following the primary defeat. Javits was giving D'Amato a plurality victory. This was following the primary defeat.