 Later that year, following the death of Democratic nominee Wayne Morse, she was picked by the Democratic Party to run on the November ballot for the 1974 Oregon United States Senate, an unsuccessful bid against incumbent Bob Packwood.In 1975, she was named the Education Citizen of the Year Award by the Oregon Education Association and the Woman of the Year by the Oregon Women's Political Caucus.The next year the Oregon Conference of Seventh Day Adventists gave her their Liberty Award.