Clifton C. Lamborn Republican George Kinley Democratic The 1974 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1974 United States elections.

State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate, with half of the seats up for regularly-scheduled election each cycle.

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the year 1974 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

To take control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 4 Senate seats.

Democrats flipped control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1974 general election, with Democrats claiming 26 seats and Republicans falling to 24 seats after the election (a net gain of 4 seats for the Democrats).