In 1950, Tuck was working for Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, who was running for a seat in the U.S. Senate against Nixon.

In a 1973 Time magazine article, Tuck stated, "There was an absent-minded professor who knew I was in politics and forgot the rest.

He rented a big auditorium, invited only a small number of people, and gave a long-winded speech to introduce the candidate.

The sign was a reference to an unsecured $205,000 loan that Howard Hughes had made to Nixon's brother, Donald.

"[5][7] After the first Kennedy–Nixon debate in 1960, Tuck hired an elderly woman who put on a Nixon button and embraced the candidate in front of TV cameras.

He opened his campaign with a press conference at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, claiming that just because people had died does not mean they do not still have (voting) rights.

On the eve of the election he drove around the area and painted an extra line on the upper "Tuck" on the billboards.

In a field of eight candidates for the Democratic nomination, Tuck finished third with 5,211 votes (almost 10%), losing to future Congressman George E.

Referring to his earlier cemetery speech, Tuck quipped, "Just wait till the dead vote comes in."

Tuck claimed that the Watergate break-in was an attempt to access information held by Larry O'Brien, chair of the Democratic National Committee about the Hughes-Nixon relationship.

[10] After the Watergate scandal became public, H. R. Haldeman, White House Chief of Staff under Nixon, saw Tuck in the Capitol.

"[10] Nixon went on to describe egged limousines and staged violence in San José, Costa Rica.