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Kucinich's political career began early. He was elected to [[Cleveland]] City Council in 1969, when he was 23. In 1972, Kucinich ran for a seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]], losing to incumbent Republican William E. Minshall Jr. In 1974, after Minshall's retirement, Kucinich sought the seat again. However, this time, Kucinich did not get the Democratic nomination, which instead went to [[Ronald M. Mottl]]. Kucinich ran in the general election anyway, as an independent. While he came in third, he still managed to garner almost 30 percent of the vote. Interestingly enough, Democrat Mottl still managed to win the race, even with such a large chunk of the Democratic vote going to Kucinich.
In 1977, he became the 46th [[List of Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio|mayor]] of [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Ohio]]. At 31, he was the youngest mayor of a major city in the [[United States]].
The "boy mayor" ran on a ticket promising to cancel the sale of the city's publicly owned electric company, [[Cleveland Public Power|Municipal Light]], to a private electric company, the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI).
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