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The 1974 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jacob Javits won against Democratic challenger Ramsey Clark in a three-way election.

Major candidates

Republican

Democratic

Democratic Party Convention results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Alexander 58.70%
Democratic Allard K. Lowenstein 39.90%
Democratic Ramsey Clark < 1.00%
Democratic Abraham Hirschfeld < 1.00%
Total votes 100.00%
Democratic Party Primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ramsey Clark 414,327 47.97%
Democratic Lee Alexander 255,250 29.56%
Democratic Abraham Hirschfeld 194,076 22.47%
Total votes 863,653 100.00%

Conservative

The convention used a weighted voting system. Cohn was eligible to seek a primary, but opted not to.

Conservative Party Convention results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Barbara A. Keating 22,723 61.81%
Conservative Roy Cohn 14,041 38.19%
Total votes 36,764 100.00%

Results

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jacob K. Javits (incumbent) 2,098,529
Liberal Jacob K. Javits (incumbent) 241,659
Total Jacob K. Javits (incumbent) 2,340,188 45.32% Decrease 4.36
Democratic Ramsey Clark 1,973,781 38.23% Increase 5.55
Conservative Barbara A. Keating 822,584 15.93% Decrease 1.38
Socialist Workers Rebecca Finch 7,727 0.15% Increase 0.07
American William F. Dowling 7,459 0.14% Increase 0.14
Socialist Labor Robert E. Massi 4,037 0.08% Decrease 0.04
Communist Mildred Edelman 3,876 0.08% N/A
American Labor Elijah C. Boyd 3,798 0.07% Increase 0.07
Republican hold Swing

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