1974 United States Senate election in Ohio
November 3, 1974
 
Nominee John Glenn Ralph Perk
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,930,670 918,133
Percentage 64.62% 30.73%
County results
Glenn:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Howard Metzenbaum
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

John Glenn
Democratic

The 1974 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 3, 1974. It was concurrent with elections to the United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic U.S Senator Howard Metzenbaum was running for election his first full term after he was appointed in 1974 by Ohio governor John J. Gilligan to fill out the Senate term of William B. Saxbe, who had resigned to become United States Attorney General. Metzenbaum lost the primary election to John Glenn, who went on to win the general election and win every county in the state. Metzenbaum would later be elected in the other U.S. Senate seat in 1976 and worked with Glenn until he retired from the post in 1994.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • John Glenn, retired astronaut, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1964 and 1970.
  • Howard Metzenbaum, incumbent U.S. Senator and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1970.

The Democratic Primary that year was seen as competitive between John Glenn, a former Astronaut, and Howard Metzenbaum, the incumbent senator, a rematch in the 1970 senate race primary in Ohio.

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Glenn 571,871 54.36%
Democratic Howard Metzenbaum (incumbent) 480,123 45.64%
Democratic Write-ins 33 0.00%

Results

1974 United States Senate election in Ohio[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Glenn 1,930,670 64.62% Increase16.15
Republican Ralph Perk 918,133 30.73% Decrease20.80
Independent Kathleen G. Harroff 76,882 2.57% N/A
Independent Richard B. Kay 61,921 2.07% N/A
Independent John O'Neill (write-in) 257 0.01% N/A
Independent Ronald E. Girkins (write-in) 88 0.00% N/A
Total votes 2,987,951 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate- D Primary Race - May 07, 1974".
  2. ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1974" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1974".
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