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1974 United States Senate election in Illinois

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1974 United States Senate election in Illinois

← 1970 (special) November 5, 1974 1980 →
Turnout49.35%
 
Nominee Adlai Stevenson III George Burditt
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,811,496 1,084,884
Percentage 62.15% 37.22%

County results
Stevenson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Burditt:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Adlai Stevenson III
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Adlai Stevenson III
Democratic

The 1974 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1974.[1] Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Adlai Stevenson III, who was first elected in a special election in 1970, was re-elected to a full term in office, defeating Republican George Burditt by a large margin of nearly 800,000 votes. This election was the fifth consecutive time in which a United States Senate election in Illinois took place two years after a previous United States Senate election in Illinois after 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1972.

Election information

The primaries (held March 19) and general elections coincided with those for House and those for state offices.[1]

Turnout

Turnout in the primary elections was 24.88%, with a total of 1,502,852 votes cast.[1]

Turnout during the general election was 49.35%, with 2,914,666 votes cast.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adlai Stevenson III (incumbent) 822,248 82.90%
Democratic W. Dakin Williams 169,662 17.11%
Total votes 991,910 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Burditt 432,796 84.71%
Republican Lawrence Daly 78,146 15.29%
Total votes 510,942 100.00%

General election

Results

1974 United States Senate election in Illinois[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson III (Incumbent) 1,811,496 62.15% Increase4.77
Republican George Burditt 1,084,884 37.22% Decrease5.00
Socialist Workers Edward Heisler 12,413 0.43% Increase0.18
Communist Ishmael Flory 5,873 0.20% N/A
Total votes 2,914,666 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 5, 1974 JUDICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, MARCH, 19, 1974" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved June 26, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. p. 7. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
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