claim: "our race was the closest u.s. senate race in ohio in 36 years -- when howard metzenbaum defeated robert taft in 1976."
author: josh mandel
evidence_1: the united states senate elections, 1976 was an election for the united states  senate that ... ohio: robert taft jr. (r) lost re-election to former senator howard  ... metzenbaum was appointed to finish the term. ..... but was defeated by  democratic challenger paul sarbanes, member of the u.s. house of ..... our  campaigns.
evidence_2: "our race was the closest u.s. senate race in ohio in 36 years -- when howard  metzenbaum defeated robert taft in 1976." — politifact ohio on friday, ...
evidence_3: he lost a close primary election in 1970. a member of the democratic party,  glenn first won election to the senate in 1974 and served for 24 years until  january ...
evidence_4: "our race was the closest u.s. senate race in ohio in 36 years -- when howard  metzenbaum defeated robert taft in 1976." — politifact ohio on friday, ...
evidence_5: john glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first u.s. astronaut to orbit the earth made  him an ... he later served 24 years in the senate from ohio. .... he sat out the  senate race to succeed him -- he was hundreds of miles above ... primary by  howard metzenbaum, who later lost the general election to robert taft jr. it ....  close ...