1974 United States Senate election in North Dakota

none March 2026 September 2023 1974 United States Senate election in North Dakota North Dakota presidential no 1968 United States Senate election in North Dakota 1968 1980 United States Senate election in North Dakota 1980 November 5, 1974 150x150px Milton Young (cropped).jpg Milton Young Republican Party (United States) 114,852 48.45% William L. Guy North Dakota Governor 1968 (cropped).jpg William L. Guy North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party 114,675 48.37% 1974 United States Senate election in North Dakota results map by county.svg 250px County resultsYoung: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Guy: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Senator Milton Young Republican Party (United States) Milton Young Republican Party (United States) The 1974 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held November 5, 1974. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Milton Young was narrowly reelected to his sixth term, defeating Democratic-NPL candidate William L. Guy.Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1974 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1974election.pdf Clerk of the House of Representatives 29 Only Young filed as a Republican, and the endorsed Democratic candidate was Guy, who had served as governor from 1961 to 1973 and had presumably left the office to seek the Senate seat. Young and Guy won the primary elections for their respective parties. Guy, who was a very popular governor throughout the state, and Young, who had a high approval rating as a senator, created the closest ever election for one of North Dakota's Senate seats. Young won by only 177 votes, and Guy subsequently retired from politics. Two independent candidates, James R. Jungroth and Kenneth C. Gardner, also filed before the deadline. Jungroth's platform was based on his opposition to strip mining the state's coal reserves.Our Campaigns - Candidate - James R. Jungroth Gardner later ran for the state's other seat in 1988 against then-incumbent Quentin Burdick. Election results 1974 United States Senate election in North Dakota Republican Party (United States) Milton Young (incumbent) 114,852 48.45% Democratic Party (United States) William L. Guy 114,675 48.37% Independent (United States) James R. Jungroth 6,679 2.82% Independent (United States) Kenneth C. Gardner 853 0.36% 177 0.07% 237,059 100.00% Republican Party (United States) See also United States Senate elections, 1974 and 1975 Notes External links 1974 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results North Dakota 1974 Category:1974 North Dakota elections