1974 United States Senate election in Illinois


The 1974 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Adlai Stevenson III, who was first elected in a special election in 1970, was re-elected to a full term in office, defeating Republican George Burditt by a large margin of nearly 800,000 votes.

Election information

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress and those for state offices.

Turnout

Turnout in the primary elections was 24.88%, with a total of 1,502,852 votes cast.
Turnout during the general election was 49.35%, with 2,914,666 votes cast.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Republican primary

Candidates

General election

Results