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Election 1974 Results

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1974 US Senate election in Missouri

Thomas Eagleton (Democrat) beat Thomas B. Curtis (Republican) in Missouri in 1974, 60.1% to 39.3%, a margin of 20.8 points and 254,533 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1968, when Thomas Eagleton also won.

Democrats led in 85 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 30. The largest, St. Louis, cast 283,389 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.7 points. The closest was Webster, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Thomas Eagleton won	Democratic	735,433	60.1%
Thomas B. Curtis	Republican	480,900	39.3%
All other candidates		7,970	0.7%
Total		1,224,303

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
St. Louis	162,755 57.4%	118,238 41.7%	2,396	283,389	D+15.7
St. Louis City	100,755 74.8%	33,290 24.7%	698	134,743	D+50.1
Jackson	84,823 66.8%	41,149 32.4%	970	126,942	D+34.4
Greene	27,543 54.3%	22,764 44.9%	446	50,753	D+9.4
Clay	17,774 65.6%	8,990 33.2%	329	27,093	D+32.4
St. Charles	15,626 58.0%	10,984 40.8%	318	26,928	D+17.2
Jefferson	16,022 62.7%	9,283 36.3%	255	25,560	D+26.4
Jasper	10,625 49.0%	10,966 50.6%	92	21,683	R+1.6
Buchanan	14,401 67.3%	6,937 32.4%	45	21,383	D+34.9
Boone	11,421 65.2%	5,892 33.7%	191	17,504	D+31.6
Cape Girardeau	7,987 50.9%	7,645 48.8%	49	15,681	D+2.2
Cole	6,559 41.9%	9,009 57.5%	102	15,670	R+15.6
Franklin	8,041 54.2%	6,628 44.7%	170	14,839	D+9.5
Pettis	6,819 60.6%	4,401 39.1%	39	11,259	D+21.5
St. Francois	6,058 58.9%	4,175 40.6%	58	10,291	D+18.3
Newton	4,972 49.8%	4,987 49.9%	34	9,993	R+0.2
Platte	6,521 65.7%	3,270 33.0%	132	9,923	D+32.8
Cass	5,874 64.2%	3,166 34.6%	104	9,144	D+29.6
Lawrence	3,896 47.2%	4,320 52.4%	33	8,249	R+5.1
Phelps	4,443 54.4%	3,676 45.0%	53	8,172	D+9.4
Audrain	4,623 57.0%	3,476 42.8%	18	8,117	D+14.1
Barry	3,845 47.4%	4,235 52.2%	37	8,117	R+4.8
Lafayette	4,341 53.8%	3,686 45.7%	36	8,063	D+8.1
Johnson	4,184 58.5%	2,910 40.7%	61	7,155	D+17.8
Nodaway	4,763 67.6%	2,266 32.2%	19	7,048	D+35.4
Marion	4,062 60.8%	2,600 38.9%	20	6,682	D+21.9
Saline	4,381 66.5%	2,198 33.4%	5	6,584	D+33.2
Randolph	4,662 71.8%	1,819 28.0%	14	6,495	D+43.8
Butler	3,384 52.1%	3,077 47.4%	32	6,493	D+4.7
Callaway	3,412 53.0%	2,988 46.4%	36	6,436	D+6.6
Adair	3,139 49.3%	3,194 50.2%	30	6,363	R+0.9
Scott	4,040 67.1%	1,958 32.5%	27	6,025	D+34.6
Camden	3,061 50.9%	2,893 48.1%	56	6,010	D+2.8
Christian	2,521 42.4%	3,376 56.8%	48	5,945	R+14.4
Bates	3,504 60.0%	2,320 39.7%	16	5,840	D+20.3
Howell	2,739 49.0%	2,813 50.3%	39	5,591	R+1.3
Webster	2,700 49.7%	2,702 49.7%	30	5,432	level
Polk	2,490 46.7%	2,826 53.0%	14	5,330	R+6.3
Washington	3,135 59.0%	2,166 40.7%	17	5,318	D+18.2
Henry	3,592 68.9%	1,609 30.9%	12	5,213	D+38.0
Cooper	2,730 53.4%	2,373 46.4%	10	5,113	D+7.0
Texas	3,061 60.4%	1,979 39.1%	24	5,064	D+21.4
Stoddard	3,360 66.4%	1,682 33.2%	17	5,059	D+33.2
Taney	2,153 42.7%	2,868 56.9%	17	5,038	R+14.2
Lincoln	3,114 62.0%	1,868 37.2%	40	5,022	D+24.8
Laclede	2,489 50.4%	2,418 49.0%	29	4,936	D+1.4
Linn	3,168 65.2%	1,683 34.6%	7	4,858	D+30.6
Livingston	3,045 63.2%	1,761 36.5%	13	4,819	D+26.6
McDonald	2,213 47.5%	2,438 52.3%	11	4,662	R+4.8
Miller	1,804 40.1%	2,676 59.4%	22	4,502	R+19.4
Macon	2,827 63.0%	1,640 36.5%	22	4,489	D+26.4
Crawford	2,330 52.0%	2,117 47.2%	35	4,482	D+4.8
Vernon	2,778 63.9%	1,552 35.7%	18	4,348	D+28.2
Pulaski	2,779 64.4%	1,517 35.1%	21	4,317	D+29.2
Dunklin	3,035 70.5%	1,261 29.3%	8	4,304	D+41.2
New Madrid	3,255 77.1%	958 22.7%	7	4,220	D+54.4
Moniteau	1,912 46.4%	2,198 53.4%	8	4,118	R+6.9
Andrew	2,192 53.7%	1,877 46.0%	13	4,082	D+7.7
Osage	1,884 47.3%	2,084 52.4%	12	3,980	R+5.0
Pike	2,487 62.5%	1,477 37.1%	13	3,977	D+25.4
Perry	1,903 48.7%	1,999 51.2%	6	3,908	R+2.5
Ray	2,949 76.1%	920 23.7%	8	3,877	D+52.3
Wright	1,458 37.7%	2,400 62.1%	8	3,866	R+24.4
Sullivan	2,085 54.0%	1,772 45.9%	6	3,863	D+8.1
Stone	1,475 38.2%	2,348 60.8%	38	3,861	R+22.6
Gasconade	1,139 29.9%	2,652 69.6%	19	3,810	R+39.7
Clinton	2,574 68.1%	1,190 31.5%	13	3,777	D+36.6
Dent	2,229 59.0%	1,533 40.6%	15	3,777	D+18.4
Montgomery	1,855 49.6%	1,873 50.1%	14	3,742	R+0.5
Bollinger	2,181 58.8%	1,518 40.9%	9	3,708	D+17.9
Morgan	1,871 50.9%	1,779 48.4%	25	3,675	D+2.5
Carroll	2,009 56.1%	1,564 43.7%	6	3,579	D+12.4
Benton	1,684 48.6%	1,765 50.9%	18	3,467	R+2.3
Chariton	2,240 65.1%	1,196 34.7%	6	3,442	D+30.3
Barton	1,803 53.6%	1,539 45.8%	19	3,361	D+7.9
Harrison	1,668 49.7%	1,683 50.1%	8	3,359	R+0.4
Grundy	1,652 50.0%	1,649 49.9%	6	3,307	D+0.1
Pemiscot	2,404 73.3%	868 26.5%	9	3,281	D+46.8
Wayne	1,917 59.1%	1,323 40.8%	5	3,245	D+18.3
Ripley	1,922 59.8%	1,276 39.7%	17	3,215	D+20.1
Ste. Genevieve	2,255 70.3%	940 29.3%	11	3,206	D+41.0
St. Clair	1,776 56.1%	1,378 43.6%	10	3,164	D+12.6
Cedar	1,393 44.4%	1,731 55.2%	14	3,138	R+10.8
Warren	1,309 43.1%	1,705 56.2%	22	3,036	R+13.0
Daviess	1,726 59.0%	1,191 40.7%	10	2,927	D+18.3
Howard	2,006 69.9%	850 29.6%	14	2,870	D+40.3
Dallas	1,238 43.9%	1,561 55.4%	19	2,818	R+11.5
Atchison	1,804 64.2%	1,001 35.6%	7	2,812	D+28.6
Monroe	2,032 72.4%	770 27.4%	6	2,808	D+44.9
Dade	1,221 44.6%	1,506 55.0%	9	2,736	R+10.4
De Kalb	1,542 56.5%	1,181 43.3%	7	2,730	D+13.2
Douglas	928 34.5%	1,747 65.0%	13	2,688	R+30.5
Shelby	1,836 68.6%	835 31.2%	7	2,678	D+37.4
Gentry	1,628 61.3%	1,016 38.3%	12	2,656	D+23.0
Madison	1,564 59.0%	1,089 41.0%		2,653	D+17.9
Lewis	1,629 65.0%	873 34.8%	6	2,508	D+30.1
Iron	1,631 65.5%	841 33.8%	19	2,491	D+31.7
Mississippi	1,809 73.6%	640 26.0%	8	2,457	D+47.6
Caldwell	1,300 55.7%	1,033 44.2%	2	2,335	D+11.4
Ozark	823 35.7%	1,473 63.8%	11	2,307	R+28.2
Holt	1,158 50.3%	1,140 49.5%	5	2,303	D+0.8
Clark	1,358 59.5%	915 40.1%	11	2,284	D+19.4
Maries	1,407 61.8%	866 38.0%	5	2,278	D+23.7
Oregon	1,494 69.5%	649 30.2%	6	2,149	D+39.3
Knox	1,269 60.1%	842 39.9%	1	2,112	D+20.2
Ralls	1,411 66.8%	692 32.8%	9	2,112	D+34.0
Scotland	1,300 61.6%	803 38.0%	8	2,111	D+23.5
Schuyler	1,170 58.6%	819 41.1%	6	1,995	D+17.6
Shannon	1,191 64.9%	636 34.7%	8	1,835	D+30.2
Reynolds	1,303 71.1%	523 28.5%	7	1,833	D+42.6
Hickory	743 41.4%	1,047 58.3%	5	1,795	R+16.9
Mercer	821 52.9%	728 46.9%	3	1,552	D+6.0
Worth	996 65.5%	525 34.5%		1,521	D+31.0
Putnam	529 41.5%	741 58.1%	5	1,275	R+16.6
Carter	706 60.7%	457 39.3%	1	1,164	D+21.4

Counties as they stood in 1974; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Missouri Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Josh Hawley (R)	R+13.7
2022	Eric Schmitt (R)	R+13.3
2018	Josh Hawley (R)	R+5.8
2016	Roy Blunt (R)	R+2.8
2012	Claire McCaskill (D)	D+15.7
2010	Roy Blunt (R)	R+13.6
2006	Claire McCaskill (D)	D+2.3
2004	Christopher S. Bond (R)	R+13.3
2000	Mel Carnahan (D)	D+2.1
1998	Kit Bond (R)	R+8.9
1994	John Ashcroft (R)	R+24.0
1992	Christopher S. Bond (R)	R+7.0
1988	John Danforth (R)	R+36.0
1986	Kit Bond (R)	R+5.3
1982	John C. Danforth (R)	R+1.7
1980	Thomas F. Eagleton (D)	D+4.3
1976	John C. Danforth (R)	R+14.4
1974	Thomas Eagleton (D)	D+20.8
1970	Stuart Symington (D)	D+2.9
1968	Thomas Eagleton (D)	D+2.0
1964	Stuart Symington (D)	D+33.1
1962	Edward Long (D)	D+8.9
1958	Stuart Symington (D)	D+32.9
1956	Thomas Hennings Jr. (D)	D+12.8
1952	Stuart Symington (D)	D+8.0
1950	Thomas Hennings Jr. (D)	D+7.2
1946	James P. Kem (R)	R+5.6
1944	Forrest C. Donnell (R)	R+0.1
1940	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+2.4
1938	J. Bennett Clark (D)	D+21.5
1934	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+19.8
1932	J. Bennett Clark (D)	D+27.5
1928	Roscoe Patterson (R)	R+4.0
1926	Harry B. Hawes (D)	D+3.6
1922	James A. Reed (D)	D+4.5
1920	Selden Spencer (R)	R+9.2
1916	James A. Reed (D)	D+3.1
1914	William Stone (D)	D+8.8

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