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WI US Senate

RACE DETAILS

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> United States > Wisconsin > Senate Class III

Office

Senate

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

June 01, 1974 - 12:00pm

Polls Open

November 05, 1974 - 06:00am

Polls Close

November 05, 1974 - 11:00pm

Term Start

January 03, 1975 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 03, 1981 - 12:00pm

Turnout

27.15% Total Population

Contributor

Last Modified

Thomas Walker December 03, 2003 04:44pm

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/05/1968
	Name	Gaylord A. Nelson	Votes	1,020,931 (61.69%)
	Term	01/03/1969 - 01/03/1975	Margin	387,021 (+23.39%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Republican	Won	11/04/1980
	Name	Robert Walter Kasten Jr.	Votes	1,106,311 (50.19%)
	Term	01/03/1981 - 01/03/1987	Margin	40,824 (+1.85%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 10, 1974	WI US Senate- R Primary	Tom Petri

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CANDIDATES

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(I) Sen. Gaylord A. Nelson

St. Sen. Tom Petri

Gerald L. McFarren

St. Sen. Roman R. Blenski

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Lowering the Property Tax

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Uncertified Votes

740,700 (61.76%)

429,327 (35.79%)

24,003 (2.00%)

5,396 (0.45%)

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-311,373 (-25.96%)

-716,697 (-59.75%)

-735,304 (-61.30%)

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