1970 United States House of Representatives elections (The Kennedy Legacy)

The 1970 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives held on November 3, 1970 that took place in the middle of Robert F. Kennedy's first terms as President. As typical with midterm elections, the incumbent party, the Democrats lost twelve seats to the opposing party, the Republicans. Important topics that affected the elections was the Fall of Saigon and withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, and Kennedy's prominent executive and legislative efforts, including the creation of the Minority Business Development Agency, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the passing of his Great Society Act of 1969, National Police Reform Act of 1969 and Gun Control and Securities Act of 1970. However Kennedy's ambitious universal healthcare proposals were narrowly defeated in the House.