1974 Iowa Senate election
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.
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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).
Summary of Results
- NOTE: 24 of the even-numbered districts did not have elections in 1974 so they are not listed here (district 10 had a special election).
Source:[3]
Detailed Results
- Reminder: All odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for regularly-scheduled election in 1974 as well as a special election in the 10th district. All other even-numbered districts did not have elections in 1974.
District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 • District 41 • District 43 • District 45 • District 47 • District 49 |
- Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).
District 1
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 |
District 3
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 |
District 5
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 |
District 7
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 | ||||
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mathew Karpan | 1,165 | 52.5 | |
Democratic | James L. Eno | 1,055 | 47.5 | |
Total votes | 2,220 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dale L. Tieden (incumbent) | 10,884 | 63.6 | |
Democratic | Mathew Karpan | 6,240 | 36.4 | |
Total votes | 17,124 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 10
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 |
District 11
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 |
District 13
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 | % | |
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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 | ||||
District 15
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 | ||||
District 17
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 | ||||
District 19
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 |
District 21
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 |
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | C. Joseph Coleman (incumbent) | 10,560 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 10,560 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 25
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 |
District 27
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 | % | |
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Democratic | Louis P. Culver | 9,545 | 51.0 | |
Republican | Jewell O. Waugh | 9,156 | 49.0 | |
Total votes | 18,701 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 29
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norman Rodgers (incumbent) | 10,866 | 52.1 | |
Republican | Diane Glass | 10,003 | 47.9 | |
Total votes | 20,869 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 31
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Earl Willits (incumbent) | 9,705 | 62.4 | |
Republican | Joseph B. Flatt | 5,850 | 37.6 | |
Total votes | 15,555 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 33
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Philip B. Hill | 2,724 | 77.8 | |
Republican | Russel De Jong | 777 | 22.2 | |
Total votes | 3,501 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Philip B. Hill | 11,556 | 58.3 | |
Democratic | William E. Shay | 8,268 | 41.7 | |
Total votes | 19,824 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 35
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Margaret Bovenkamp | 1,160 | 50.1 | |
Republican | Les Turner | 1,154 | 49.9 | |
Total votes | 2,314 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eugene M. Hill (incumbent) | 10,897 | 60.2 | |
Republican | Margaret Bovenkamp | 7,196 | 39.8 | |
Total votes | 18,093 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 37
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 |
District 39
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roger J. Shaff | 8,954 | 55.2 | |
Democratic | John James Hunter | 7,255 | 44.8 | |
Total votes | 16,209 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 41
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
District 43
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lowell Junkins (incumbent) | 10,320 | 62.4 | |
Republican | Will Davis | 6,227 | 37.6 | |
Total votes | 16,547 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 45
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gene W. Glenn (incumbent) | 11,723 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 11,723 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 47
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 |
District 49
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Calvin Hultman (incumbent) | 10,829 | 63.2 | |
Democratic | Ambrose Doyle | 6,295 | 36.8 | |
Total votes | 17,124 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
- Special election.
See also
References
- "Primary Election 1974 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- "General Election 1974 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved April 26, 2020.