1974 United States Senate election in Iowa

none March 2026 September 2023 1974 United States Senate election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg Presidential no 1968 United States Senate election in Iowa 1968 1980 United States Senate election in Iowa 1980 November 5, 1974 File:John C. Culver.jpg 150x150px John Culver Democratic Party (United States) 462,947 52.04% File:David M Stanley (cropped).jpg David M. Stanley Republican Party (United States) 420,546 47.28% 1974 United States Senate election in Iowa results map by county.svg 240px County resultsCulver: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Stanley: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Harold Hughes Democratic Party (United States) John C. Culver Democratic Party (United States) 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. 2022, 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 Candidates George Milligan, state senator from Des Moines David M. Stanley, state representative from Muscatine and nominee for Senate in 1968 Results thumb|240px|Primary results by county: #ed8783 Stanley #ed8783 50–60% #e55651 60–70% #d02923 70–80% #b00600 80–90% #c88fe4 Milligan #c88fe4 50–60% Republican primary resultshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=335548 Our Campaigns - IA US Senate - R Primary Race - Jun 04, 1974 Republican Party (United States) David M. Stanley 87,464 66.93% Republican Party (United States) George Milligan 43,206 33.06% Write-in All others 6 0.01% 130,676 100.00% General election Results 1974 United States Senate election in IowaSynhorst Melvin SUMMARY OF OFFICIAL CANVASS OF VOTES CAST IN IOWA GENERAL ELECTION November 5, 1974 https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/results/70s/1974gencanv.pdf Iowa Secretary of State State of Iowa 5 October 2024Leip David 1974 Senatorial General Election Results - Iowa https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=19&year=1974&f=0&off=3&elect=0 US Election Atlas David Leip's Election Atlas 5 October 2024 Democratic Party (United States) John C. Culver 462,947 52.04% 1.79 Republican Party (United States) David M. Stanley 420,546 47.28% 2.41 American Independent Party Lorin Oxley 6,028 0.68% N/A Write-ins 40 0.00% N/A 889,561 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) See also 1974 United States Senate elections References 1 1974 Iowa United States Senate