United States Senate election in New York, 1974

November 5, 1974



Nominee	Jacob K. Javits	Ramsey Clark	Barbara A. Keating
Party	Republican	Democratic	Conservative
Popular vote	2,340,188	2,171,232	822,584
Percentage	45.32%	38.23%	15.93%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Jacob K. Javits
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jacob K. Javits
Republican

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The 1974 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits won against Democratic challenger Ramsey Clark in a three way election.

Major candidates

Republican

Jacob K. Javits, incumbent U.S. Senator

Democratic

Ramsey Clark, former United States Attorney General
Lee Alexander, Mayor of Syracuse
Abraham Hirschfeld, real estate developer
Allard K. Lowenstein, former U.S. Representative (Withdrew after losing at the Convention)

Democratic Party Convention results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lee Alexander		58.70
	Democratic	Allard K. Lowenstein		39.90
	Democratic	Ramsey Clark		< 1
	Democratic	Abraham Hirschfeld		< 1
Total votes			'	100.00

Democratic Party Primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ramsey Clark	414,327	47.97
	Democratic	Lee Alexander	255,250	29.56
	Democratic	Abraham Hirschfeld	194,076	22.47
Total votes			863,653	100.00

Conservative

Barbara A. Keating
Roy Cohn, attorney

The convention used a weighted voting system. Cohn was eligible to seek a primary, but opted not to.

Conservative Party Convention results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barbara A. Keating	22,723	61.81
	Conservative	Roy Cohn	14,041	38.19
Total votes			36,764	100.00

Results

General election results^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Republican	Jacob K. Javits	2,098,529
Liberal	Jacob K. Javits	241,659
total	Jacob K. Javits	2,340,188	45.32	- 4.36
Democratic	Ramsey Clark	1,973,781	38.23	+ 5.55
Conservative	Barbara A. Keating	822,584	15.93	- 1.38
Socialist Workers	Rebecca Finch	7,727	0.15	+ 0.07
American	William F. Dowling	7,459	0.14	+ 0.14
Socialist Labor	Robert E. Massi	4,037	0.08	- 0.04
Communist	Mildred Edelman	3,876	0.08	-
American Labor	Elijah C. Boyd	3,798	0.07	+ 0.07

References

(1972 ←) 1974 United States elections (→ 1976)

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