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1974 election for Iowa Senate District 17

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Fred W. Nolting (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Myrna Green (R) by 9.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Fred W. NoltingDemocrat · winner
54.9%9,620
Myrna GreenRepublican
45.1%7,887
17,507 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1974

Races before and after

EvenR+15.41972D+9.91974R+3.01978D+84.61990D+3.71994D+30.52014

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET