1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1974 election for Iowa Senate District 7
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Milo Merritt (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Orlo G. Natvig (R) by 7.1 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Milo MerrittDemocrat · winner
53.6%10,038
Orlo G. NatvigRepublican
46.4%8,705
18,743 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)