Reply #6: Actually, you're more correct than you know..... [View All]

[Rowdyboy]

1974 was John Glenn's 3rd attempt to win an Ohio senate seat. He withdrew from the primary in 1966 (I think he fell and injured himself in the bathroom) and then Metzenbaum beat him in 1970.

http://www.johnglennhome.org/john_glenn.shtml

"John Glenn, the pilot and hero, soon found NASA's plans for him did not include another flight assignment. While he continued to serve as an advisor to NASA until 1964, his interests increasingly turned to public affairs. Encouraged by Bobby Kennedy to seek public office, Glenn retired from the Marine Corps as a colonel the following year to run for the United States Senate.

He entered the Ohio Democratic primary challenging the incumbent Democratic Sen. Stephen M. Young. An accident forced him to leave the race early in the campaign and to put his political career on hold. After recovery from the accident, Glenn joined Royal Crown Cola as vice president and then president. Still interested in public service, Glenn again ran for the senate. His opponent, Howard Metzenbaum, defeated him in the 1970 primaries. Four years later, Glenn made a third run for the senate. This time he was successful, easily winning over his Republican opponent, former Cleveland Mayor Ralph J. Perk."