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Turnout | 49.35% | ||||||||||||||||
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County results Stevenson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Burditt: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Illinois |
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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.
The primaries (held March 19) and general elections coincided with those for House and those for state offices. [1]
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adlai Stevenson III (incumbent) | 822,248 | 82.90% | |
Democratic | W. Dakin Williams | 169,662 | 17.11% | |
Total votes | 991,910 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Burditt | 432,796 | 84.71% | |
Republican | Lawrence Daly | 78,146 | 15.29% | |
Total votes | 510,942 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Adlai Stevenson III (Incumbent) | 1,811,496 | 62.15% | 4.77 | |
Republican | George Burditt | 1,084,884 | 37.22% | 5.00 | |
Socialist Workers | Edward Heisler | 12,413 | 0.43% | 0.18 | |
Communist | Ishmael Flory | 5,873 | 0.20% | N/A | |
Total votes | 2,914,666 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
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Turnout | 49.35% | ||||||||||||||||
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County results Stevenson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Burditt: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Illinois |
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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.
The primaries (held March 19) and general elections coincided with those for House and those for state offices. [1]
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adlai Stevenson III (incumbent) | 822,248 | 82.90% | |
Democratic | W. Dakin Williams | 169,662 | 17.11% | |
Total votes | 991,910 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Burditt | 432,796 | 84.71% | |
Republican | Lawrence Daly | 78,146 | 15.29% | |
Total votes | 510,942 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Adlai Stevenson III (Incumbent) | 1,811,496 | 62.15% | 4.77 | |
Republican | George Burditt | 1,084,884 | 37.22% | 5.00 | |
Socialist Workers | Edward Heisler | 12,413 | 0.43% | 0.18 | |
Communist | Ishmael Flory | 5,873 | 0.20% | N/A | |
Total votes | 2,914,666 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |