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...perpetuating incumbents in office. Would it not be better to afford challengers the opportunity to make their names and programs as familiar to the voters as are those of entrenched opponents? Last year's congressional elections brought two notable examples. In Ohio, an obscure millionaire named Howard Metzenbaum bought state-wide name recognition through heavy TV spending; without it, he could not possibly have defeated Former Astronaut, John Glenn in the Democratic senatorial primary. In New York, a slightly known, but wealthy Democratic Congressman, Richard Ottinger, won his party's senatorial nomination largely because of a similar lavish...
...cases illustrate both the limitations of money in politics, and its ability to lessen the odds between newcomers and incumbents or glamorous public figures. Both Metzenbaum and Ottinger were reasonably able, attractive candidates, and voters were entitled to know about their credentials. Under a restrictive spending law, the voters could not have known. Ottinger's ultimate defeat, it might be noted, raises the point that in certain situations, spending too much may be as risky as spending too little. Many political experts believe that a contributory factor in his loss was the resentment of voters who felt that Ottinger...
...heartland, which is supposed to be Nixon country, withstood the President's campaigning. One of the few important Republican scores in the Midwest was the Ohio Senate race, in which Robert Taft Jr. eked out a narrow victory over Howard Metzenbaum. The seat presently belongs to Democrat Stephen Young. But in yet another example of ticket-splitting, Ohio elected Democrat John Gilligan to succeed a retiring Republican Governor...
...very close race in Ohio, Republican Robert Taft Jr. appeared to be edging out Democratic liberal Howard Metzenbaum for the seat occupied by retiring Democratic Senator Stephen Young. Metzenbaum had put together an old-style Democratic coalition to beat astronaut John Glenn in the primary but he seems to have been unable to offset the Taft name and a red smear that surfaced a few weeks ago in the election-this despite liberal Democrat John Gilligan's strong victory in the Governor's race...
Ohio, where Nixon's last-minute tactics could sway a tight race between liberal Democrat Howard Metzenbaum and Republican Robert Taft...