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10 chair-raising facts about Jerry Springer (12 Photos)
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Before he became the host of America’s trashiest TV show, Jerry Springer had a run in politics. He ran for Congress in 1970, but landed in Cincinnati’s city council a year later. He was even the mayor for a year in 1977 and even tried to run for governor in 1982, but that was stopped by a sex scandal.