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. General election results can be obtained here.
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). State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 1st Lucas DeKoster Rep Lucas DeKoster Republican 3rd Warren E. Curtis Rep Warren E. Curtis Republican 5th Ray Taylor Rep Ray Taylor Republican 7th Ralph Farnham McCartney Rep Milo Merritt Democratic 9th Dale L. Tieden Rep Dale L. Tieden Republican 10th Mike Blouin Dem Robert M. "Bob" Carr Democratic 11th Gene Kennedy Dem Richard John Norpel Democratic 13th Tom Riley Rep James M. Redmond Democratic 15th Ralph Wilson Potter Rep Steve Sovern Democratic 17th Barton L. Schwieger Rep Fred Nolting Democratic 19th Clifford Earl Burroughs Rep Clifford Earl Burroughs Republican 21st John S. Murray Rep John S. Murray Republican 23rd C. Joseph Coleman Dem C. Joseph Coleman Democratic 25th E. Kevin Kelly Rep E. Kevin Kelly Republican 27th James Schaben Dem Louis P. Culver Democratic 29th Norman Rodgers Dem Norman Rodgers Democratic 31st Earl Willits Dem Earl Willits Democratic 33rd George F. Milligan Rep Philip B. Hill Republican 35th Eugene Marshall Hill Dem Eugene Marshall Hill Democratic 37th Minnette Doderer Dem Minnette Doderer Democratic 39th Roger John Shaff Rep Roger John Shaff Republican 41st Bill Gluba Dem Bill Gluba Democratic 43rd Lowell Junkins Dem Lowell Junkins Democratic 45th Gene W. Glenn Dem Gene W. Glenn Democratic 47th Richard Ramsey Rep Richard Ramsey Republican 49th Calvin Hultman Rep Calvin Hultman Republican
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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__NOTOC__ 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
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
See also United States elections, 1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1974 Elections in Iowa
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