United States Senate election in Ohio, 1974

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1974

← 1970 November 3, 1974 1980 →
Nominee John Glenn Ralph Perk Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,930,670 918,133 Percentage 64.6% 30.7%
Senator before election Howard Metzenbaum Democratic Elected Senator John Glenn Democratic

Howard Metzenbaum
Democratic

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 re-election his first full term after he was appointed in 1970 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.

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