November 5, 1974 General Election

Total Voters 23110
Early Voters 586
% of votes cast early 2.54%

US Senator
John C. Culver (Dem) 14020 (63%)
David Stanley (Rep) 8240 (37%)
Lorin E. Oxley 146 (1%)
scattered write in 3


US Representative, 1st District
Ed Mezvinsky (Dem) 13197 (59%)
James Leach (Rep) 9178 (41%)
scattered write in 9


Governor of Iowa
Robert D. Ray (Rep) 14058 (62%)
Jim Schaben (Dem) 8546 (38%)
Ralph Scott 162 (1%)
scattered write in 7


Lieutenant Governor
Arthur A. Neu (Rep) 12402 (57%)
Charles P. Miller (Dem) 9308 (43%)
Merlin F. Glade 162 (1%)
scattered write in 3


Secretary of State
Cloyd E. Robinson (Dem) 10487 (50%)
Melvin D. Synhorst (Rep) 10386 (50%)
scattered write in 3


Auditor of State
F. Harold Forret (Dem) 10645 (52%)
Lloyd R. Smith (Rep) 9943 (48%)
scattered write in 3


Treasurer of State
Daniel B. Fitzgerald (Dem) 11219 (55%)
Maurice E. Baringer (Rep) 8869 (44%)
Charles Hartman 257 (1%)
scattered write in 3


Secretary of Agriculture
Francis L. York (Dem) 10631 (52%)
Robert H. Lounsberry (Rep) 9909 (48%)
scattered write in 3


Attorney General
Tom Miller (Dem) 12671 (58%)
Richard C. Turner (Rep) 9014 (42%)
scattered write in 2 (0%)


State Senate, District 13
James Redmond (Dem) 1588 (63%)
Ivor Stanley (Rep) 947 (37%)


State Senate, District 37
Minnette Doderer (Dem) 10781 (65%)
Glenn Jackson (Rep) 5817 (35%)
scattered write in 1


State Representative, District 24
Herbert Hinkhouse (Dem) 410 (69%)
Edgar Holden (Rep) 182 (31%)


State Representative, District 25
John Patchett (Dem) 1847 (72%)
Norris C. Dobbins (Rep) 708 (28%)
scattered write in 2


State Representative, District 72
Linda Svoboda (Dem) 497 (68%)
Raymon Logue (Rep) 232 (32%)


State Representative, District 73
Arthur Small Jr. (Dem) 5565
scattered write in 5


State Representative, District 74
William Hargrave (Dem) 6750
scattered write in 7


State Representative, District 75
Otto Nealson (Rep) 173 (51%)
William Assel (Dem) 165 (49%)


County Treasurer
Donald J. Krall (Dem) 15267
scattered write in 2


County Recorder
John E. O'Neill (Dem) 15118
scattered write in 4


County Attorney
Jack W. Dooley (Dem) 14537
scattered write in 15


County Board of Supervisors (1 to be elected)
Robert J. Burns (Dem) 10357 (48%)
Orval Yoder (Rep) 8966 (42%)
Robert Vogel 2145 (10%)
scattered write in 5


State Constitutional Amendment
Authorize Legislature to call itself into special session

Yes 12237 (82%)
No 2633 (18%)


State Constitutional Amendment
Repeal requirement that fines apply to school district in which collected

Yes 8907 (62%)
No 5356 (38%)