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The 1966 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Republican Senator Jack Miller was re-elected to a second term in office over Democrat E.B. Smith.

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Herbert F. Hoover
  • Jack Miller, incumbent Senator since 1961

Results

1966 Republican Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Miller (incumbent) 141,141 83.94%
Republican Herbert F. Hoover 27,007 16.06%
Total votes 168,148 100.00%

Following his loss, Hoover registered to run in the general election as the "Iowa Party" candidate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1966 Democratic Senate primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic E.B. Smith 39,870 50.14%
Democratic Gary Cameron 22,650 28.49%
Democratic Ernest J. Seemann 8,646 10.87%
Democratic Robert L. Nereim 8,343 10.49%
Write-in All others 2 0.00%
Total votes 79,511 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jack Miller (incumbent) 522,339 60.92% Increase9.00
Democratic E.B. Smith 324,114 37.80% Decrease10.28
American Constitution Robert D. Dilley 3,826 0.45% N/A
Peace Independent Fred R. Benton 3,050 0.10% N/A
Iowa Herbert F. Hoover 2,085 0.24% N/A
National Prohibition Verne Higens 2,081 0.24% N/A
Write-in All others 1 0.00% N/A
Total votes 857,496 100.00%

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