Episode 196 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too (Part 6) The Races for Congress 1972 & 1974 (John McMillan, DC Home-rule, Ed Young and Richard Nixon)

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In this episode , we look back at the high drama of winning a historic primary and unseating a political giant, only to lose in the general election. Then coming back two years later to finally win a seat in the United States House of Representatives. It was a rollercoaster of a ride with enormously consequential side stories that had far reaching importance.

For the 1972 race for the 6th District Congressional Seat would open the door for the City of Washington D.C. to finally have some semblance of self governing. For years, John McMillan who chaired the committee that…