United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1972

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United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1972
← 1966 November 7, 1972 1978 →
  Claiborne Pell.jpg John Chafee.jpg
Nominee Claiborne Pell John Chafee
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 221,942 188,990
Percentage 53.7% 45.7%
U.S. senator before election

Claiborne Pell
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Claiborne Pell
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1972 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell successfully sought re-election, defeating Republican John Chafee.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Republican primary

Candidates

General election

Results

General election results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claiborne Pell (inc.) 221,942 53.68
Republican John Chafee 188,990 45.71
Independent John Quattrocchi 2,041 0.49
Socialist Workers Patrick M. DeTemple 458 0.11
Majority 32,952 7.97%
Total votes 413,431 100.00
Democratic hold

References

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