1974 United States Senate election in Iowa
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The 1974 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Harold E. Hughes retired. The open seat was won by U.S. Representative John C. Culver, defeating Republican State Representative David M. Stanley. As of 2024[update], this was the most recent election in which a Democrat, or anyone other than Chuck Grassley, has won the Class 3 Senate seat in Iowa.
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County results Culver: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Stanley: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- George Milligan, State Senator from Des Moines
- David M. Stanley, State Representative from Muscatine and nominee for Senate in 1968
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David M. Stanley | 87,464 | 66.93% | |
Republican | George Milligan | 43,206 | 33.06% | |
Write-in | All others | 6 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 130,676 | 100.00% |
General election edit
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John C. Culver | 426,947 | 50.02% | 0.23 | |
Republican | David M. Stanley | 420,546 | 49.27% | 0.42 | |
American Independent | Lorin Oxley | 6,028 | 0.71% | N/A | |
Total votes | 853,521 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |