Election Name: | 1974 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Country: | Oklahoma |
Flag Year: | 1941 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1968 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Previous Year: | 1968 |
Next Election: | 1980 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Next Year: | 1980 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1974 |
Image1: | BellmonHL.jpg |
Nominee1: | Henry Bellmon |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 390,997 |
Percentage1: | 49.38% |
Nominee2: | Ed Edmondson |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 387,162 |
Percentage2: | 48.90% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Henry Bellmon |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Henry Bellmon |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1974 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held November 3, 1974. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Henry Bellmon narrowly won re-election to a second term, beating Representative Ed Edmondson (D-OK) by nearly 4,000 votes. Henry Bellmon was the first Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma ever to win re-election to a second term and to be re-elected.