1974 United States Senate election in Indiana

1974 United States Senate election in Indiana

November 5, 1974

Nominee Birch Bayh Richard Lugar Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 889,269 814,117 Percentage 50.73% 46.44%

County results Bayh:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Lugar:      40–50%      50–60%      60-70%

U.S. senator before election Birch Bayh Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Birch Bayh Democratic

The 1974 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Birch Bayh was re-elected to a third consecutive term in office, defeating Mayor of Indianapolis Richard Lugar.

Lugar would later win the state's other Senate seat in 1976 and would serve alongside Bayh until the latter's defeat in 1980. He would also serve alongside Birch's son Evan from 1999 from 2011.

General election

Candidates

• Birch Bayh, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1963
• Don L. Lee
• Richard Lugar, Mayor of Indianapolis since 1968

Results

1974 United States Senate election in Indiana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Birch Bayh (incumbent)	889,269	50.73%	0.92
	Republican	Richard Lugar	814,117	46.44%	1.71
	American Independent	Don L. Lee	49,592	2.83%	N/A
Total votes			1,752,978	100.00%
	Democratic hold		Swing

See also

• 1974 United States Senate elections