One story I head about John Glenn when he decided to get into politics was how he decided what party to adhere to. (Glenn was old-school military publically apolitical until retirement.) The story goes as follows, he offered himself to the Ohio GOP (Rhode’s Organization) they were disinterested. Glenn then offered himself to the Ohio democrat party & the rest is history.
I have no idea if its true but I heard it from a lot of WV GOP’ers. (Friends of my father.)
publically = publicly.