Claim: "Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."
Fact-check: Josh Mandel says his senate contest with Sherrod Brown the closest in three decades in Ohio
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Feran
Date published: 2012-11-30T00:00:00