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1974 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
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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.
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Ed Edmondson, U.S. Congressman
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Charles R. Nesbitt, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner
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Wilburn Cartwright, former U.S. Congressman
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Henry Bellmon, incumbent U.S. Senator
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±% |
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| Republican | 390,997 | 49.38% | −2.33% | |
| Democratic | 387,162 | 48.90% | +2.74% | |
| Independent | 13,650 | 1.72% | N/A |
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