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Kuchel voted in favor of enacting [[Medicare]].<ref name="Thomas H. Kuchel Dies at 84; Ex-Republican Whip in Senate"/>

Kuchel voted in favor of enacting [[Medicare]].<ref name="Thomas H. Kuchel Dies at 84; Ex-Republican Whip in Senate"/>

While running for reelection, Kuchel did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which established open housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.}}</ref> He sought a third full term but lost the Republican [[primary]] to the strongly [[conservative]] Maxwell Lewis "Max" Rafferty, Jr. (1917–1982), the then California superintendent of public instruction. Rafferty, however, was defeated by the staunchly liberal [[Alan Cranston]], who like Kuchel was a former state controller.

While running for reelection, Kuchel did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which established open housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.}}</ref> He sought a third full term but lost the Republican [[primary]] to the strongly [[conservative]] Maxwell Lewis "Max" Rafferty, Jr. (1917–1982),<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=386014 CA US Senate - R Primary]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref> the then California superintendent of public instruction. Rafferty, however, was defeated by the staunchly liberal [[Alan Cranston]], who like Kuchel was a former state controller.

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