1974 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
November 3, 1974
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County results Bellmon: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Edmondson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
In March 1976, Senate Democrats called for Bellmon's seat to be declared vacant and for a new election to be held in Oklahoma. Edmondson had charged that voting irregularities had tipped the election in favor of Bellmon. For example, voting machines in Tulsa County, which had a large population of registered Democrats, had lacked straight party levers.