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| Turnout | 52.23% | |||
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Elections were held inIllinois on Tuesday, November 5, 1974.[1]
Primaries were held on March 19, 1974.[1]
1974 was amidterm election year in the United States.
Turnout in the primary election was 30.09%, with a total of 1,817,804 ballots cast. 1,174,231 Democratic and 643,573 Republican primary ballots were cast.[1]
Turnout during the general election was 52.23%, with 3,084,675 ballots cast.[1]
Incumbent DemocratAdlai Stevenson III was reelected.
All 24 Illinois seats in theUnited States House of Representatives were up for election in 1974.
The Democratic Party flipped three seats, leaving the party composition of Illinois' House delegation as 13 Democratic and 11 Republican.
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IncumbentTreasurerAlan J. Dixon, a Democrat, won reelection to a second term.
Incumbent Alan J. Dixon won renomination, running unopposed.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Alan J. Dixon (incumbent) | 721,536 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 721,536 | 100 | ||
Harry Page defeated Jeannette H. Mullen in the Republican primary.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Harry Page | 267,307 | 53.06 | |
| Republican | Jeannette H. Mullen | 236,441 | 46.94 | |
| Total votes | 503,748 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Alan J. Dixon (incumbent) | 1,796,144 | 64.65 | |
| Republican | Harry Page | 953,928 | 34.33 | |
| Socialist Workers | Suzanne Haig | 20,240 | 0.73 | |
| Communist | Lorraine M. Ashby | 8,070 | 0.29 | |
| Total votes | 2,778,382 | 100 | ||
Seats in theIllinois Senate were up for election in 1974. Democrats flipped control of the chamber.
Seats in theIllinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1974. Democrats flipped control of the chamber.
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An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees ofUniversity of Illinois system.
The election saw the election of new members, Democrats Robert J. Lenz, Nina T. Shepherd, and Arthur R. Velasquez.[1][2]
First-term Republican Russel W. Steger, and fellow Republican Timothy W. Swain (who had been appointed in 1955, and had been elected to three full terms since) both lost reelection.[1][2] Third-term Republican Earl M. Hughes was not renominated.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Nina T. Shepherd | 1,535,875 | 19.68 | |
| Democratic | Robert J. Lenz | 1,409,944 | 18.06 | |
| Democratic | Arthur R. Velasquez | 1,378,577 | 17.66 | |
| Republican | Timothy W. Swain (incumbent) | 1,151,284 | 14.75 | |
| Republican | Russell W. Steger (incumbent) | 1,107,032 | 14.18 | |
| Republican | Gardner W. Heidrick | 1,042,875 | 13.36 | |
| Socialist Workers | Mary R. Wismer | 50,752 | 0.65 | |
| Socialist Workers | Brian Williams | 34,376 | 0.44 | |
| Socialist Workers | Antonio DeLeon | 34,165 | 0.44 | |
| Communist | Valerie Witzkowski | 27,006 | 0.35 | |
| Communist | John R. Lumpkin | 17,256 | 0.22 | |
| Communist | Jay Schaffner | 17,099 | 0.22 | |
| Total votes | 7,806,241 | 100 | ||
Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 1974.[1]
Illinois voters voted on a single ballot measure in 1974.[3] In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the measure or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.[3]
This marked the first time that Illinois voters voted on a proposed amendment to the 1970Constitution of Illinois following its adoption.[3]
Voters rejected the Restrict Governor's Amendatory Veto Power Amendment, a measure which would have amended Amends Article IV, Section 9, Paragraph (e) of the Constitution of Illinois failed to meet either threshold to amend the constitution.[3] It would have restricted the amendatoryveto power given to the governor, which allows the governor to return bills to the legislature with suggested changes.[4]
| Restrict Governor's Amendatory Veto Power Amendment[1][3][4] | |||
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| Option | Votes | % of votes on referendum | % of all ballots cast |
| Yes | 1,302,313 | 49.48 | 42.73 |
| No | 1,329,719 | 50.52 | 43.63 |
| Total votes | 2,632,032 | 100 | 85.33 |
| Voter turnout | 44.57% | ||
Local elections were held.
Among the local elections was areferendum inCook,DuPage,Kane,Lake,McHenry andWill counties which createdRegional Transportation Authority.[1]
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