Despite his impressive record, Tucker was given little chance of defeating Lewis and came into the fight as a 6-1 underdog.
Anscombe herself did not remember "humiliating" or "defeating" Lewis.
Any challenger who fails to defeat Lewis is fed to his pack of lions.
Maurice Greene, who defeated Lewis recently in the 100 meters at the Texas Relays, was fourth.
Powell had been unable to defeat Lewis, despite sometimes putting in jumps near world-record territory, only to see them ruled fouls.
Now, only a world record could defeat Lewis.
(She had almost defeated then-incumbent Lewis in the 1974 Republican primary.)
In the April election, Fowler defeated Lewis 62%-38%.
Fritz defeated Lewis with 70% of the vote in the runoff.
Newton defeated Lewis via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).