1974_United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa Knowpia

1974 United States Senate election in Iowa
	County results; Culver: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% ; Stanley: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
U.S. senator before election; Harold E. Hughes; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; John C. Culver; Democratic

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.

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

Primary results by county:

Stanley

50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%

Milligan

50–60%

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

1974 United States Senate election in Iowa^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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