1966 United States Senate election in Iowa

1966 United States Senate election in Iowa

←  1960 November 8, 1966 1972  →

Nominee Jack Miller E.B. Smith Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 522,339 324,114 Percentage 60.92% 37.80%

County results Miller:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%

U.S. senator before election Jack Miller Republican Elected U.S. Senator Jack Miller Republican

The 1966 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Republican Senator Jack Miller was re-elected to a second term in office over Democrat E.B. Smith.

After this race, no incumbent would be re-elected to either of Iowa's Senate seats until Chuck Grassley was elected to his second term 20 years later.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Herbert F. Hoover
• Jack Miller, incumbent Senator since 1961

Results

1966 Republican Senate primary ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Miller (incumbent)	141,141	83.94%
	Republican	Herbert F. Hoover	27,007	16.06%
Total votes			168,148	100.00%

Following his loss, Hoover registered to run in the general election as the "Iowa Party" candidate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Gary Cameron
• Robert L. Nereim
• E.B. Smith, Iowa State University history professor and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1962
• Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate from Waterloo

Results

1966 Democratic Senate primary ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	E.B. Smith	39,870	50.14%
	Democratic	Gary Cameron	22,650	28.49%
	Democratic	Ernest J. Seemann	8,646	10.87%
	Democratic	Robert L. Nereim	8,343	10.49%
	Write-in	All others	2	0.00%
Total votes			79,511	100.00%

General election

Results

General election results ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jack Miller (incumbent)	522,339	60.92%	9.00
	Democratic	E.B. Smith	324,114	37.80%	10.28
	American Constitution	Robert D. Dilley	3,826	0.45%	N/A
	Peace Independent	Fred R. Benton	3,050	0.10%	N/A
	Iowa	Herbert F. Hoover	2,085	0.24%	N/A
	National Prohibition	Verne Higens	2,081	0.24%	N/A
	Write-in	All others	1	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			857,496	100.00%

See also

• 1966 United States Senate elections

References

1. "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 06, 1966". www.ourcampaigns.com.
2. "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 06, 1966". www.ourcampaigns.com.
3. "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1966". www.ourcampaigns.com.
4. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1967). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1966" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.