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But Politicians Love Scandals

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A man who loves controversy must have some himself. He was elected to the Cincinnati City Council in 1971 but resigned in 1974 after admitting to hiring a prostitute.

His resignation didn’t matter apparently, because he won his seat back a year later in a landslide win. The prostitution scandal did end up hurting him later though, when he tried to run as the governor of Ohio in 1982.