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
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Jacob Javits, incumbent U.S. Senator
Democratic
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Ramsey Clark, former
United States Attorney General
The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the p ...
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Lee Alexander,
Mayor of Syracuse
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Abraham Hirschfeld, real estate developer
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Allard K. Lowenstein
Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (January 16, 1929 – March 14, 1980)Lowenstein's gravestone, Arlington National Cemeteryphoto onlineon the cemetery's official website. Accessed online 28 October 2006.[Roy Cohn
Roy Marcus Cohn (; February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer and prosecutor who came to prominence for his role as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954, when he assisted McCarth ...]
, attorney
The convention used a weighted voting system. Cohn was eligible to seek a primary, but opted not to.
Results
See also
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1974 United States Senate elections
The 1974 United States Senate elections were held in the wake of the Watergate scandal, Richard M. Nixon's resignation from the presidency, and Gerald Ford's subsequent pardon of Nixon. Economic issues, specifically inflation and stagnation, we ...
References
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New York
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1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
1974 New York (state) elections