United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1974

United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1974

November 5, 1974



Nominee	Gaylord Nelson	Tom Petri
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	740,700	429,327
Percentage	61.8%	35.8%

U.S. Senator before election

Gaylord Nelson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Gaylord Nelson
Democratic

Elections in Wisconsin

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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

Gaylord Nelson, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1963

Republican

Tom Petri, State Senator since 1973

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Gaylord Nelson	740,700	61.8
	Republican	Tom Petri	429,327	35.8
	American	Gerald L. McFarren	24,003	2.0
	Lowering the Property Tax	Roman Blenski	5,396	0.6

References

See also

United States Senate elections, 1974

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