United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1974

November 5, 1974



Nominee	Milton R. Young	William L. Guy
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	114,852	114,675
Percentage	48.45%	48.37%

Senator before election

Milton R. Young
Republican

Elected Senator

Milton R. Young
Republican

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The 1974 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 5, 1974. The incumbent, Republican Senator Milton Young, sought and received re-election to his sixth term, defeating North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party candidate William L. Guy, a former Governor of North Dakota.^[1]

Only Young filed as a Republican, and the endorsed Democratic candidate was William L. Guy of Bismarck, North Dakota, who had served as Governor of the state from 1961 to 1973; and had presumably left the office to seek the senate seat. Young and Guy won the primary elections for their respective parties. Guy, who was very popular as governor throughout the state, and Young, who had a high approval rating as senator for the state, created the closest ever election for one of North Dakota's senate seats. Young won the election by only 177 votes, and Guy retired from politics.

Two independent candidates, James R. Jungroth and Kenneth C. Gardner, also filed before the deadline. Jungroth's platform was based on his opposition to strip mining the state's coal reserves.^[2] Gardner would later run for the state's other seat in 1988 against then incumbent Quentin Burdick.

Election results

1974 United States Senate election, North Dakota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Milton R. Young	114,852	48.45
	Democratic	William L. Guy	114,675	48.37
	Independent	James R. Jungroth	6,679	2.82
	Independent	Kenneth C. Gardiner	853	0.36
Majority
Turnout			237,059

Notes

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1974 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results

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See also: Political party strength in North Dakota

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