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Elections in Iowa |
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The 1974 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1974 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 26 of the state senate's districts—the 25 odd-numbered state senate districts and a special election in district 10. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate, with half of the seats up for regularly-scheduled election each cycle. A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the year 1974 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 4, 1974 determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1974 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.[1] General election results can be obtained here.[2]
Following the previous election in 1972, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 28 seats to Democrats' 22 seats.
To take control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 4 Senate seats.
Democrats flipped control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1974 general election, with Democrats claiming 26 seats and Republicans falling to 24 seats after the election (a net gain of 4 seats for the Democrats).
Source:[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lucas DeKoster (incumbent) | 3,272 | 51.4 | |
Republican | Harold E. Vermeer | 3,095 | 48.6 | |
Total votes | 6,367 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lucas DeKoster (incumbent) | 12,800 | 67.4 | |
Democratic | Harry Gerrit Kobes | 6,196 | 32.6 | |
Total votes | 18,996 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Warren E. Curtis (incumbent) | 9,540 | 50.7 | |
Democratic | Jack Clark | 9,277 | 49.3 | |
Total votes | 18,817 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ray Taylor (incumbent) | 9,060 | 52.3 | |
Democratic | Henry J. Stoffer | 8,272 | 47.7 | |
Total votes | 17,332 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Milo Merritt | 10,038 | 53.6 | |
Republican | Orlo G. Natvig | 8,705 | 46.4 | |
Total votes | 18,743 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mathew Karpan | 1,165 | 52.5 | |
Democratic | James L. Eno | 1,055 | 47.5 | |
Total votes | 2,220 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dale L. Tieden (incumbent) | 10,884 | 63.6 | |
Democratic | Mathew Karpan | 6,240 | 36.4 | |
Total votes | 17,124 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert M. Carr | 6,273 | 59.5 | |
Republican | James L. Esmoil | 4,270 | 40.5 | |
Total votes | 10,543 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard J. Norpel, Sr. | 8,790 | 54.7 | |
Republican | Stephen W. Bisenius | 7,276 | 45.3 | |
Total votes | 16,066 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ivor W. Stanley | 1,376 | 59.3 | |
Republican | Norris C. Dobbin | 944 | 40.7 | |
Total votes | 2,320 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James Michael Redmond | 10,441 | 57.2 | |
Republican | Ivor W. Stanley | 7,820 | 42.8 | |
Total votes | 18,261 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Steve Sovern | 9,931 | 56.9 | |
Republican | Ralph W. Potter (incumbent) | 7,518 | 43.1 | |
Total votes | 17,449 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Fred Nolting | 9,620 | 54.9 | |
Republican | Myrna Green | 7,887 | 45.1 | |
Total votes | 17,507 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Clifford E. Burroughs (incumbent) | 10,392 | 57.0 | |
Democratic | Donald D. Clark | 7,838 | 43.0 | |
Total votes | 18,230 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John S. Murray (incumbent) | 11,539 | 57.5 | |
Democratic | Tom Richards | 8,514 | 42.5 | |
Total votes | 20,053 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | C. Joseph Coleman (incumbent) | 10,560 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 10,560 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | E. Kevin Kelly (incumbent) | 1,171 | 62.8 | |
Republican | Edgar J. Koch | 693 | 37.2 | |
Total votes | 1,864 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | E. Kevin Kelly (incumbent) | 9,305 | 52.1 | |
Democratic | E. Phil Vondrak | 8,540 | 47.9 | |
Total votes | 17,845 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Louis P. Culver | 2,466 | 62.5 | |
Democratic | James T. Craford | 1,480 | 37.5 | |
Total votes | 3,946 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Louis P. Culver | 9,545 | 51.0 | |
Republican | Jewell O. Waugh | 9,156 | 49.0 | |
Total votes | 18,701 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Norman Rodgers (incumbent) | 10,866 | 52.1 | |
Republican | Diane Glass | 10,003 | 47.9 | |
Total votes | 20,869 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Earl Willits (incumbent) | 9,705 | 62.4 | |
Republican | Joseph B. Flatt | 5,850 | 37.6 | |
Total votes | 15,555 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Philip B. Hill | 2,724 | 77.8 | |
Republican | Russel De Jong | 777 | 22.2 | |
Total votes | 3,501 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Philip B. Hill | 11,556 | 58.3 | |
Democratic | William E. Shay | 8,268 | 41.7 | |
Total votes | 19,824 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Margaret Bovenkamp | 1,160 | 50.1 | |
Republican | Les Turner | 1,154 | 49.9 | |
Total votes | 2,314 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eugene M. Hill (incumbent) | 10,897 | 60.2 | |
Republican | Margaret Bovenkamp | 7,196 | 39.8 | |
Total votes | 18,093 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Minnette Doderer (incumbent) | 11,866 | 67.7 | |
Republican | Glen Leon Jackson | 5,663 | 32.3 | |
Total votes | 17,529 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Roger J. Shaff | 8,954 | 55.2 | |
Democratic | John James Hunter | 7,255 | 44.8 | |
Total votes | 16,209 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William E. "Bill" Gluba (incumbent) | 8,770 | 69.5 | |
Republican | Cheryl Rigdon | 3,850 | 30.5 | |
Total votes | 12,620 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lowell Junkins (incumbent) | 10,320 | 62.4 | |
Republican | Will Davis | 6,227 | 37.6 | |
Total votes | 16,547 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gene W. Glenn (incumbent) | 11,723 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 11,723 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Ramsey (incumbent) | 11,514 | 55.2 | |
Democratic | James W. Davis | 9,356 | 44.8 | |
Total votes | 20,870 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Calvin Hultman (incumbent) | 10,829 | 63.2 | |
Democratic | Ambrose Doyle | 6,295 | 36.8 | |
Total votes | 17,124 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |