1974 United States Senate election in New York

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1974 United States Senate election in New York
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Nominee Jacob Javits Ramsey Clark Barbara A. Keating
Party Republican Democratic Conservative
Alliance Liberal
Popular vote2,340,1881,973,781822,584
Percentage45.32%38.23%15.93%
1974 United States Senate election in New York results map by county.svg
County results
Javits:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%
Clark:     40–50%     50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Jacob Javits
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jacob Javits
Republican

The 1974 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jacob Javits was re-elected to a fourth term in office against Democratic challenger Ramsey Clark and Conservative Barbara Keating.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Withdrew

Convention results

Democratic Party Convention results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lee Alexander 58.70%
Democratic Allard K. Lowenstein39.90%
Democratic Ramsey Clark< 1.00%
Democratic Abraham Hirschfeld< 1.00%
Total votes100.00%

Results

Primary results by county .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Clark Clark 30-40% Clark 40-50% Clark 50-60% Clark 60-70% Alexander Alexander 40-50% Alexander 50-60% Alexander 60-70% Alexander 70-80% Hirschfeld Hirschfeld 30-40% 1974 United States New York Democratic Party Senate Primary results map by county.svg
Primary results by county
  Clark
  •   Clark 30–40%
  •   Clark 40–50%
  •   Clark 50–60%
  •   Clark 60–70%
  Alexander
  •   Alexander 40–50%
  •   Alexander 50–60%
  •   Alexander 60–70%
  •   Alexander 70–80%
  Hirschfeld
  •   Hirschfeld 30–40%
Democratic Party Primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ramsey Clark 414,327 47.97%
Democratic Lee Alexander255,25029.56%
Democratic Abraham Hirschfeld194,07622.47%
Total votes863,653 100.00%

Conservative primary

Candidates

Convention results

The convention used a weighted voting system. Cohn was eligible to seek a primary, but opted not to.

Conservative Party Convention results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Barbara A. Keating22,72361.81%
Conservative Roy Cohn14,04138.19%
Total votes36,764 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Jacob K. Javits (incumbent)2,098,52940.64%
Liberal Jacob K. Javits (incumbent)241,6594.68%
TotalJacob K. Javits (incumbent) 2,340,188 45.32% Decrease2.svg 4.36
Democratic Ramsey Clark1,973,78138.23%Increase2.svg 5.55
Conservative Barbara A. Keating822,58415.93%Decrease2.svg 1.38
Socialist Workers Rebecca Finch7,7270.15%Increase2.svg 0.07
American William F. Dowling7,4590.14%Increase2.svg 0.14
Socialist Labor Robert E. Massi4,0370.08%Decrease2.svg 0.04
Communist Mildred Edelman3,8760.08%N/A
American Labor Elijah C. Boyd3,7980.07%Increase2.svg 0.07
Total votes5,163,459 100.00%
Republican hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 10, 1974".
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 10, 1974".
  3. 1 2 "Outcome of Four Conventions For Statewide Spots on Ballot; Senator". The New York Times. June 16, 1974. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - C Convention Race - Jun 15, 1974".
  5. ↑ "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1968".
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