In the 1970 elections , he gave up his House seat to run on the Democratic ticket for United States Senator from New York . In the 1970 election , Ottinger split the liberal vote with the Republican ( and Liberal-endorsed ) nominee , incumbent Senator Charles Goodell ( who was appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller after the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy ) , and both were defeated by the Conservative nominee , James L. Buckley in a three-way race
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Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
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