Word: metzenbaum
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...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...
...Republican, Robert A. Taft Jr., trying once more to take his father's seat, has been a lackluster Congressman with a dulling personality. He has followed the Nixon Administration's conservatism but Ohio voters have criticized him more for his high absenteeism in the House. Like Metzenbaum, he is wealthy. Unlike Metzenbaum, however, his name has always been a household word. With crowds, he tends to be standoffish, in sharp contrast to Metzenbaum's easy ways as a campaigner...
...Overall, Metzenbaum may benefit from the scandals that have been coming periodically from the Republican controlled State House. He also stands to gain from the slipping economy, especially in northern Ohio where the auto strike has idled thousands. Metzenbaum may lose, however, if the 21st District Caucus, a predominantly black Democratic group formed by Congressman Louis Stokes and his brother Carl, Cleveland's mayor, who have been making electoral alliances with local Republicans, forces toward a split in Ohio's surprisingly united Democratic ranks...