1974 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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1974 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
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  File:GaylordNelson.jpg File:Tom Petri.jpg
Nominee Gaylord Nelson Tom Petri
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 740,700 429,327
Percentage 61.75% 35.79%

File:1974 United States Senate election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg
County results
Nelson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Petri:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Gaylord Nelson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Gaylord Nelson
Democratic

The 1974 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson won re-election to a third term.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gaylord Nelson (incumbent) 740,700 61.75% +0.06%
Republican Tom Petri 429,327 35.79% −2.52%
American Gerald L. McFarren 24,003 2.00% N/A
Lowering the Property Tax Roman Blenski 5,396 0.45% N/A

References

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