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1974-11-04 Senatorial Election Results for Indiana (Class 3)


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County Turnout Birch Bayh*
(D)
Richard Lugar
(R)
Don Lee
(American)
Other Margin TOTAL
Adams54%5,04554.1%4,07743.7%2102.3%00.0%968 9,332
Allen51%42,42644.5%50,53853.0%2,3742.5%00.0%-8,112 95,338
Bartholomew58%11,42050.4%10,57946.7%6512.9%00.0%841 22,650
Benton66%2,23347.6%2,37850.7%771.6%00.0%-145 4,688
Blackford47%2,74156.2%2,03641.7%1042.1%00.0%705 4,881
Boone55%5,36344.9%5,98250.1%5904.9%00.0%-619 11,935
Brown57%2,15354.5%1,64041.6%1543.9%00.0%513 3,947
Carroll58%3,53449.4%3,36647.0%2613.6%00.0%168 7,161
Cass59%7,07444.2%8,12250.7%8135.1%00.0%-1,048 16,009
Clark39%12,76361.1%7,78337.2%3481.7%00.0%4,980 20,894
Clay60%5,12851.9%4,59446.5%1521.5%00.0%534 9,874
Clinton61%6,40650.8%5,95647.3%2371.9%00.0%450 12,599
Crawford79%2,50755.5%1,94843.1%621.4%00.0%559 4,517
Daviess56%4,22042.1%5,63556.3%1591.6%00.0%-1,415 10,014
De Kalb55%5,41448.2%5,41748.2%4063.6%00.0%-3 11,237
Dearborn50%5,82457.8%4,17341.4%860.9%00.0%1,651 10,083
Decatur58%4,48951.9%4,05746.9%1081.2%00.0%432 8,654
Delaware47%21,87351.9%19,42146.1%8692.1%00.0%2,452 42,163
Dubois58%7,77664.0%4,05433.4%3172.6%00.0%3,722 12,147
Elkhart40%15,01144.6%17,86153.1%7482.2%00.0%-2,850 33,620
Fayette51%4,78554.0%3,90944.1%1631.8%00.0%876 8,857
Floyd47%10,31957.4%7,36841.0%2751.5%00.0%2,951 17,962
Fountain66%4,29953.0%3,70945.7%1071.3%00.0%590 8,115
Franklin50%3,01854.6%2,40643.5%1021.8%00.0%612 5,526
Fulton57%2,85041.3%4,02758.3%300.4%00.0%-1,177 6,907
Gibson64%8,11359.5%5,46340.0%700.5%00.0%2,650 13,646
Grant45%12,55250.4%11,77247.3%5812.3%00.0%780 24,905
Greene64%6,69954.3%5,48344.4%1611.3%00.0%1,216 12,343
Hamilton53%7,51834.1%13,26960.2%1,2545.7%00.0%-5,751 22,041
Hancock54%6,11346.3%6,22147.1%8836.7%00.0%-108 13,217
Harrison64%5,49658.0%3,87840.9%1031.1%00.0%1,618 9,477
Hendricks50%7,59539.3%10,12252.4%1,5928.2%00.0%-2,527 19,309
Henry53%9,27350.4%8,68147.2%4332.4%00.0%592 18,387
Howard50%12,02444.0%14,30752.4%9933.6%00.0%-2,283 27,324
Huntington56%6,10846.9%6,46949.7%4473.4%00.0%-361 13,024
Jackson55%6,95555.5%5,22841.7%3452.8%00.0%1,727 12,528
Jasper51%2,92940.2%3,95354.2%4105.6%00.0%-1,024 7,292
Jay52%3,97050.4%3,76347.8%1431.8%00.0%207 7,876
Jefferson54%5,64455.5%4,39643.2%1341.3%00.0%1,248 10,174
Jennings60%4,35254.8%3,43443.2%1592.0%00.0%918 7,945
Johnson46%8,50042.8%9,55048.1%1,7899.0%00.0%-1,050 19,839
Knox55%8,38752.0%7,53646.7%1981.2%00.0%851 16,121
Kosciusko49%6,19336.2%10,38460.8%5113.0%00.0%-4,191 17,088
La Porte41%14,20849.2%13,85047.9%8482.9%00.0%358 28,906
Lagrange39%2,36645.5%2,72152.3%1162.2%00.0%-355 5,203
Lake37%79,20760.9%47,29036.4%3,5592.7%00.0%31,917 130,056
Lawrence52%6,31645.8%7,03351.0%4383.2%00.0%-717 13,787
Madison58%28,57053.7%23,32243.8%1,3072.5%00.0%5,248 53,199
Marion49%127,43649.1%120,88246.5%11,4444.4%00.0%6,554 259,762
Marshall54%5,96546.1%6,75652.2%2171.7%00.0%-791 12,938
Martin74%2,95257.1%2,14941.6%711.4%00.0%803 5,172
Miami47%6,11250.9%5,60846.7%2832.4%00.0%504 12,003
Monroe40%14,93955.4%11,67543.3%3691.4%00.0%3,264 26,983
Montgomery53%5,84146.8%6,18849.5%4613.7%00.0%-347 12,490
Morgan47%5,73340.5%6,99449.5%1,41410.0%00.0%-1,261 14,141
Newton48%1,71543.6%2,12154.0%932.4%00.0%-406 3,929
Noble51%5,42850.1%4,93945.6%4674.3%00.0%489 10,834
Ohio71%1,27558.9%86239.8%271.2%00.0%413 2,164
Orange67%3,83048.7%3,95950.3%811.0%00.0%-129 7,870
Owen60%3,12557.8%2,07238.3%2133.9%00.0%1,053 5,410
Parke65%3,30249.2%3,32049.5%901.3%00.0%-18 6,712
Perry73%5,65860.6%3,62438.8%500.5%00.0%2,034 9,332
Pike74%3,68056.8%2,76342.7%330.5%00.0%917 6,476
Porter46%12,54942.4%15,88153.7%1,1523.9%00.0%-3,332 29,582
Posey59%5,42659.3%3,66740.1%560.6%00.0%1,759 9,149
Pulaski70%2,54843.4%2,83248.3%4878.3%00.0%-284 5,867
Putnam48%4,73651.1%4,45948.1%660.7%00.0%277 9,261
Randolph52%4,61646.0%5,21551.9%2092.1%00.0%-599 10,040
Ripley58%4,46653.5%3,79445.5%851.0%00.0%672 8,345
Rush51%2,98745.9%3,33251.2%1953.0%00.0%-345 6,514
Scott39%2,90363.9%1,55834.3%791.7%00.0%1,345 4,540
Shelby55%7,11451.6%6,00543.6%6574.8%00.0%1,109 13,776
Spencer72%4,64454.1%3,91145.6%260.3%00.0%733 8,581
St. Joseph48%45,21656.1%34,38942.7%9541.2%00.0%10,827 80,559
Starke61%4,19752.5%3,41942.7%3824.8%00.0%778 7,998
Steuben45%2,94344.5%3,55853.8%1151.7%00.0%-615 6,616
Sullivan54%4,48659.4%3,02140.0%410.5%00.0%1,465 7,548
Switzerland66%1,79061.9%1,08537.5%170.6%00.0%705 2,892
Tippecanoe47%18,31646.7%19,98151.0%8992.3%00.0%-1,665 39,196
Tipton66%3,59149.4%3,40946.9%2683.7%00.0%182 7,268
Union56%1,14847.2%1,26051.9%220.9%00.0%-112 2,430
Vanderburgh52%32,94153.9%27,80245.5%3880.6%00.0%5,139 61,131
Vermillion65%4,58260.2%2,96939.0%660.9%00.0%1,613 7,617
Vigo50%21,84955.0%17,51144.1%3871.0%00.0%4,338 39,747
Wabash50%5,50546.2%6,20452.0%2181.8%00.0%-699 11,927
Warren63%1,88252.0%1,69546.8%431.2%00.0%187 3,620
Warrick53%6,34857.0%4,71042.3%810.7%00.0%1,638 11,139
Washington58%3,99352.6%3,43645.3%1562.1%00.0%557 7,585
Wayne43%9,49142.1%12,68456.3%3741.7%00.0%-3,193 22,549
Wells53%4,30451.3%3,90546.5%1822.2%00.0%399 8,391
White62%4,45248.5%4,42348.2%3053.3%00.0%29 9,180
Whitley68%5,49650.3%4,92945.1%4924.5%00.0%567 10,917
TOTAL 53% 889,26950.7% 814,11746.4% 49,5922.8% 00.0% 75,152 1,752,978
Total R vote: 814,117 (46.4%)      Total D vote: 889,269 (50.7%)      Total Other vote: 49,592 (2.8%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,024,486 $619,678 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $0 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/IN/1974



1974 Senate class 3, Adams County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,045 54.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,077 43.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 210 2.3%
TOTAL 9,332
Turnout: 54%


1974 Senate class 3, Allen County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 42,426 44.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 50,538 53.0%
Don Lee (Amer) 2,374 2.5%
TOTAL 95,338
Turnout: 51%


1974 Senate class 3, Bartholomew County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 11,420 50.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 10,579 46.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 651 2.9%
TOTAL 22,650
Turnout: 58%


1974 Senate class 3, Benton County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,233 47.6%
Richard Lugar (R) 2,378 50.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 77 1.6%
TOTAL 4,688
Turnout: 66%


1974 Senate class 3, Blackford County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,741 56.2%
Richard Lugar (R) 2,036 41.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 104 2.1%
TOTAL 4,881
Turnout: 47%


1974 Senate class 3, Boone County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,363 44.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 5,982 50.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 590 4.9%
TOTAL 11,935
Turnout: 55%


1974 Senate class 3, Brown County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,153 54.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 1,640 41.6%
Don Lee (Amer) 154 3.9%
TOTAL 3,947
Turnout: 57%


1974 Senate class 3, Carroll County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 3,534 49.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,366 47.0%
Don Lee (Amer) 261 3.6%
TOTAL 7,161
Turnout: 58%


1974 Senate class 3, Cass County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 7,074 44.2%
Richard Lugar (R) 8,122 50.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 813 5.1%
TOTAL 16,009
Turnout: 59%


1974 Senate class 3, Clark County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 12,763 61.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 7,783 37.2%
Don Lee (Amer) 348 1.7%
TOTAL 20,894
Turnout: 39%


1974 Senate class 3, Clay County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,128 51.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,594 46.5%
Don Lee (Amer) 152 1.5%
TOTAL 9,874
Turnout: 60%


1974 Senate class 3, Clinton County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 6,406 50.8%
Richard Lugar (R) 5,956 47.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 237 1.9%
TOTAL 12,599
Turnout: 61%


1974 Senate class 3, Crawford County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,507 55.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 1,948 43.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 62 1.4%
TOTAL 4,517
Turnout: 79%


1974 Senate class 3, Daviess County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,220 42.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 5,635 56.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 159 1.6%
TOTAL 10,014
Turnout: 56%


1974 Senate class 3, De Kalb County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,414 48.2%
Richard Lugar (R) 5,417 48.2%
Don Lee (Amer) 406 3.6%
TOTAL 11,237
Turnout: 55%


1974 Senate class 3, Dearborn County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,824 57.8%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,173 41.4%
Don Lee (Amer) 86 0.9%
TOTAL 10,083
Turnout: 50%


1974 Senate class 3, Decatur County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,489 51.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,057 46.9%
Don Lee (Amer) 108 1.2%
TOTAL 8,654
Turnout: 58%


1974 Senate class 3, Delaware County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 21,873 51.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 19,421 46.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 869 2.1%
TOTAL 42,163
Turnout: 47%


1974 Senate class 3, Dubois County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 7,776 64.0%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,054 33.4%
Don Lee (Amer) 317 2.6%
TOTAL 12,147
Turnout: 58%


1974 Senate class 3, Elkhart County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 15,011 44.6%
Richard Lugar (R) 17,861 53.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 748 2.2%
TOTAL 33,620
Turnout: 40%


1974 Senate class 3, Fayette County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,785 54.0%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,909 44.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 163 1.8%
TOTAL 8,857
Turnout: 51%


1974 Senate class 3, Floyd County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 10,319 57.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 7,368 41.0%
Don Lee (Amer) 275 1.5%
TOTAL 17,962
Turnout: 47%


1974 Senate class 3, Fountain County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,299 53.0%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,709 45.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 107 1.3%
TOTAL 8,115
Turnout: 66%


1974 Senate class 3, Franklin County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 3,018 54.6%
Richard Lugar (R) 2,406 43.5%
Don Lee (Amer) 102 1.8%
TOTAL 5,526
Turnout: 50%


1974 Senate class 3, Fulton County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,850 41.3%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,027 58.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 30 0.4%
TOTAL 6,907
Turnout: 57%


1974 Senate class 3, Gibson County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 8,113 59.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 5,463 40.0%
Don Lee (Amer) 70 0.5%
TOTAL 13,646
Turnout: 64%


1974 Senate class 3, Grant County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 12,552 50.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 11,772 47.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 581 2.3%
TOTAL 24,905
Turnout: 45%


1974 Senate class 3, Greene County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 6,699 54.3%
Richard Lugar (R) 5,483 44.4%
Don Lee (Amer) 161 1.3%
TOTAL 12,343
Turnout: 64%


1974 Senate class 3, Hamilton County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 7,518 34.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 13,269 60.2%
Don Lee (Amer) 1,254 5.7%
TOTAL 22,041
Turnout: 53%


1974 Senate class 3, Hancock County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 6,113 46.3%
Richard Lugar (R) 6,221 47.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 883 6.7%
TOTAL 13,217
Turnout: 54%


1974 Senate class 3, Harrison County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,496 58.0%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,878 40.9%
Don Lee (Amer) 103 1.1%
TOTAL 9,477
Turnout: 64%


1974 Senate class 3, Hendricks County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 7,595 39.3%
Richard Lugar (R) 10,122 52.4%
Don Lee (Amer) 1,592 8.2%
TOTAL 19,309
Turnout: 50%


1974 Senate class 3, Henry County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 9,273 50.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 8,681 47.2%
Don Lee (Amer) 433 2.4%
TOTAL 18,387
Turnout: 53%


1974 Senate class 3, Howard County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 12,024 44.0%
Richard Lugar (R) 14,307 52.4%
Don Lee (Amer) 993 3.6%
TOTAL 27,324
Turnout: 50%


1974 Senate class 3, Huntington County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 6,108 46.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 6,469 49.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 447 3.4%
TOTAL 13,024
Turnout: 56%


1974 Senate class 3, Jackson County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 6,955 55.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 5,228 41.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 345 2.8%
TOTAL 12,528
Turnout: 55%


1974 Senate class 3, Jasper County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,929 40.2%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,953 54.2%
Don Lee (Amer) 410 5.6%
TOTAL 7,292
Turnout: 51%


1974 Senate class 3, Jay County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 3,970 50.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,763 47.8%
Don Lee (Amer) 143 1.8%
TOTAL 7,876
Turnout: 52%


1974 Senate class 3, Jefferson County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,644 55.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,396 43.2%
Don Lee (Amer) 134 1.3%
TOTAL 10,174
Turnout: 54%


1974 Senate class 3, Jennings County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,352 54.8%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,434 43.2%
Don Lee (Amer) 159 2.0%
TOTAL 7,945
Turnout: 60%


1974 Senate class 3, Johnson County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 8,500 42.8%
Richard Lugar (R) 9,550 48.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 1,789 9.0%
TOTAL 19,839
Turnout: 46%


1974 Senate class 3, Knox County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 8,387 52.0%
Richard Lugar (R) 7,536 46.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 198 1.2%
TOTAL 16,121
Turnout: 55%


1974 Senate class 3, Kosciusko County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 6,193 36.2%
Richard Lugar (R) 10,384 60.8%
Don Lee (Amer) 511 3.0%
TOTAL 17,088
Turnout: 49%


1974 Senate class 3, La Porte County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 14,208 49.2%
Richard Lugar (R) 13,850 47.9%
Don Lee (Amer) 848 2.9%
TOTAL 28,906
Turnout: 41%


1974 Senate class 3, Lagrange County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,366 45.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 2,721 52.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 116 2.2%
TOTAL 5,203
Turnout: 39%


1974 Senate class 3, Lake County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 79,207 60.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 47,290 36.4%
Don Lee (Amer) 3,559 2.7%
TOTAL 130,056
Turnout: 37%


1974 Senate class 3, Lawrence County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 6,316 45.8%
Richard Lugar (R) 7,033 51.0%
Don Lee (Amer) 438 3.2%
TOTAL 13,787
Turnout: 52%


1974 Senate class 3, Madison County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 28,570 53.7%
Richard Lugar (R) 23,322 43.8%
Don Lee (Amer) 1,307 2.5%
TOTAL 53,199
Turnout: 58%


1974 Senate class 3, Marion County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 127,436 49.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 120,882 46.5%
Don Lee (Amer) 11,444 4.4%
TOTAL 259,762
Turnout: 49%


1974 Senate class 3, Marshall County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,965 46.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 6,756 52.2%
Don Lee (Amer) 217 1.7%
TOTAL 12,938
Turnout: 54%


1974 Senate class 3, Martin County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,952 57.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 2,149 41.6%
Don Lee (Amer) 71 1.4%
TOTAL 5,172
Turnout: 74%


1974 Senate class 3, Miami County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 6,112 50.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 5,608 46.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 283 2.4%
TOTAL 12,003
Turnout: 47%


1974 Senate class 3, Monroe County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 14,939 55.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 11,675 43.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 369 1.4%
TOTAL 26,983
Turnout: 40%


1974 Senate class 3, Montgomery County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,841 46.8%
Richard Lugar (R) 6,188 49.5%
Don Lee (Amer) 461 3.7%
TOTAL 12,490
Turnout: 53%


1974 Senate class 3, Morgan County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,733 40.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 6,994 49.5%
Don Lee (Amer) 1,414 10.0%
TOTAL 14,141
Turnout: 47%


1974 Senate class 3, Newton County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 1,715 43.6%
Richard Lugar (R) 2,121 54.0%
Don Lee (Amer) 93 2.4%
TOTAL 3,929
Turnout: 48%


1974 Senate class 3, Noble County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,428 50.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,939 45.6%
Don Lee (Amer) 467 4.3%
TOTAL 10,834
Turnout: 51%


1974 Senate class 3, Ohio County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 1,275 58.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 862 39.8%
Don Lee (Amer) 27 1.2%
TOTAL 2,164
Turnout: 71%


1974 Senate class 3, Orange County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 3,830 48.7%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,959 50.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 81 1.0%
TOTAL 7,870
Turnout: 67%


1974 Senate class 3, Owen County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 3,125 57.8%
Richard Lugar (R) 2,072 38.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 213 3.9%
TOTAL 5,410
Turnout: 60%


1974 Senate class 3, Parke County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 3,302 49.2%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,320 49.5%
Don Lee (Amer) 90 1.3%
TOTAL 6,712
Turnout: 65%


1974 Senate class 3, Perry County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,658 60.6%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,624 38.8%
Don Lee (Amer) 50 0.5%
TOTAL 9,332
Turnout: 73%


1974 Senate class 3, Pike County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 3,680 56.8%
Richard Lugar (R) 2,763 42.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 33 0.5%
TOTAL 6,476
Turnout: 74%


1974 Senate class 3, Porter County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 12,549 42.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 15,881 53.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 1,152 3.9%
TOTAL 29,582
Turnout: 46%


1974 Senate class 3, Posey County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,426 59.3%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,667 40.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 56 0.6%
TOTAL 9,149
Turnout: 59%


1974 Senate class 3, Pulaski County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,548 43.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 2,832 48.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 487 8.3%
TOTAL 5,867
Turnout: 70%


1974 Senate class 3, Putnam County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,736 51.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,459 48.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 66 0.7%
TOTAL 9,261
Turnout: 48%


1974 Senate class 3, Randolph County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,616 46.0%
Richard Lugar (R) 5,215 51.9%
Don Lee (Amer) 209 2.1%
TOTAL 10,040
Turnout: 52%


1974 Senate class 3, Ripley County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,466 53.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,794 45.5%
Don Lee (Amer) 85 1.0%
TOTAL 8,345
Turnout: 58%


1974 Senate class 3, Rush County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,987 45.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,332 51.2%
Don Lee (Amer) 195 3.0%
TOTAL 6,514
Turnout: 51%


1974 Senate class 3, Scott County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,903 63.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 1,558 34.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 79 1.7%
TOTAL 4,540
Turnout: 39%


1974 Senate class 3, Shelby County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 7,114 51.6%
Richard Lugar (R) 6,005 43.6%
Don Lee (Amer) 657 4.8%
TOTAL 13,776
Turnout: 55%


1974 Senate class 3, Spencer County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,644 54.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,911 45.6%
Don Lee (Amer) 26 0.3%
TOTAL 8,581
Turnout: 72%


1974 Senate class 3, St. Joseph County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 45,216 56.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 34,389 42.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 954 1.2%
TOTAL 80,559
Turnout: 48%


1974 Senate class 3, Starke County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,197 52.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,419 42.7%
Don Lee (Amer) 382 4.8%
TOTAL 7,998
Turnout: 61%


1974 Senate class 3, Steuben County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 2,943 44.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,558 53.8%
Don Lee (Amer) 115 1.7%
TOTAL 6,616
Turnout: 45%


1974 Senate class 3, Sullivan County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,486 59.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,021 40.0%
Don Lee (Amer) 41 0.5%
TOTAL 7,548
Turnout: 54%


1974 Senate class 3, Switzerland County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 1,790 61.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 1,085 37.5%
Don Lee (Amer) 17 0.6%
TOTAL 2,892
Turnout: 66%


1974 Senate class 3, Tippecanoe County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 18,316 46.7%
Richard Lugar (R) 19,981 51.0%
Don Lee (Amer) 899 2.3%
TOTAL 39,196
Turnout: 47%


1974 Senate class 3, Tipton County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 3,591 49.4%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,409 46.9%
Don Lee (Amer) 268 3.7%
TOTAL 7,268
Turnout: 66%


1974 Senate class 3, Union County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 1,148 47.2%
Richard Lugar (R) 1,260 51.9%
Don Lee (Amer) 22 0.9%
TOTAL 2,430
Turnout: 56%


1974 Senate class 3, Vanderburgh County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 32,941 53.9%
Richard Lugar (R) 27,802 45.5%
Don Lee (Amer) 388 0.6%
TOTAL 61,131
Turnout: 52%


1974 Senate class 3, Vermillion County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,582 60.2%
Richard Lugar (R) 2,969 39.0%
Don Lee (Amer) 66 0.9%
TOTAL 7,617
Turnout: 65%


1974 Senate class 3, Vigo County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 21,849 55.0%
Richard Lugar (R) 17,511 44.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 387 1.0%
TOTAL 39,747
Turnout: 50%


1974 Senate class 3, Wabash County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,505 46.2%
Richard Lugar (R) 6,204 52.0%
Don Lee (Amer) 218 1.8%
TOTAL 11,927
Turnout: 50%


1974 Senate class 3, Warren County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 1,882 52.0%
Richard Lugar (R) 1,695 46.8%
Don Lee (Amer) 43 1.2%
TOTAL 3,620
Turnout: 63%


1974 Senate class 3, Warrick County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 6,348 57.0%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,710 42.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 81 0.7%
TOTAL 11,139
Turnout: 53%


1974 Senate class 3, Washington County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 3,993 52.6%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,436 45.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 156 2.1%
TOTAL 7,585
Turnout: 58%


1974 Senate class 3, Wayne County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 9,491 42.1%
Richard Lugar (R) 12,684 56.3%
Don Lee (Amer) 374 1.7%
TOTAL 22,549
Turnout: 43%


1974 Senate class 3, Wells County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,304 51.3%
Richard Lugar (R) 3,905 46.5%
Don Lee (Amer) 182 2.2%
TOTAL 8,391
Turnout: 53%


1974 Senate class 3, White County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 4,452 48.5%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,423 48.2%
Don Lee (Amer) 305 3.3%
TOTAL 9,180
Turnout: 62%


1974 Senate class 3, Whitley County
CandidateVotesPct
Birch Bayh* (D) 5,496 50.3%
Richard Lugar (R) 4,929 45.1%
Don Lee (Amer) 492 4.5%
TOTAL 10,917
Turnout: 68%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Birch Bayh*
Total Disbursements: $1,024,486

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/IN/1974

Richard Lugar
Total Disbursements: $619,678

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Democrat primary