Adlai Stevenson III Democratic Adlai Stevenson III Democratic The 1974 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1974.

Senator Adlai Stevenson III, who was first elected in a special election in 1970, was re-elected to a full term in office, defeating Republican George Burditt by a landslide margin of 62% to 37%.

The primaries (held March 19) and general elections coincided with those for House and those for state offices.

[1] Turnout in the primary elections was 24.88%, with a total of 1,502,852 votes cast.

[1] Turnout during the general election was 49.35%, with 2,914,666 votes cast.