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1966 United States Senate election in Iowa

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1966 United States Senate election in Iowa

← 1960 November 8, 1966 1972 →
 
Nominee Jack Miller E.B. Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 522,339 324,114
Percentage 60.92% 37.80%

County results
Miller:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

U.S. senator before election

Jack Miller
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jack Miller
Republican

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.

After this race, no incumbent would be re-elected to either of Iowa's Senate seats until Chuck Grassley was elected to his second term 20 years later.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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

Results

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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

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Candidates

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Results

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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

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Results

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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%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 06, 1966". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 06, 1966". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1966". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  4. ^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1967). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1966" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.