After serving in the Navy, he came home and everyone now was calling him Nixon. As luck has it right as Nixon was leaving Southern California was looking for a Republican candidate for the House Un-American Committee (HUAC)(Hughes, life). The only other candidate was Jerry Voorhis. He and Nixon were both competing for the last seat in the HUAC, so they began having debates. In their debates Nixon began using the Denigrative Method on Voorhis. Even though he was using this method so well many voters still were thinking of voting for Voorhis, because he had been elected five times for California’s 12th congressional district(Hughes, life). Nixon got information from some inside people that Voorhis who was anticommunist was linked to the CIO PAC a communist infiltrated labor group(Hughes, life). In the next debate Voorhis asked for proof, Nixon linked him to the CIO PAC and defeated Voorhis that November (Hughes, life). After being elected into the HUAC, Nixon rose to national notoriety due to his Alger Hiss investigation(Hughes,
After serving in the Navy, he came home and everyone now was calling him Nixon. As luck has it right as Nixon was leaving Southern California was looking for a Republican candidate for the House Un-American Committee (HUAC)(Hughes, life). The only other candidate was Jerry Voorhis. He and Nixon were both competing for the last seat in the HUAC, so they began having debates. In their debates Nixon began using the Denigrative Method on Voorhis. Even though he was using this method so well many voters still were thinking of voting for Voorhis, because he had been elected five times for California’s 12th congressional district(Hughes, life). Nixon got information from some inside people that Voorhis who was anticommunist was linked to the CIO PAC a communist infiltrated labor group(Hughes, life). In the next debate Voorhis asked for proof, Nixon linked him to the CIO PAC and defeated Voorhis that November (Hughes, life). After being elected into the HUAC, Nixon rose to national notoriety due to his Alger Hiss investigation(Hughes,