1972 US Senate

33 contests

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33 contests|D won 16|R won 17

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	SparkmanDEM	62.3%	654,491	BlountREP	33.1%	347,523	D+29.2	↑ D+8.1
▶	Arkansas	McClellanDEM	60.9%	386,398	BabbittREP	39.1%	248,238	D+21.8	—
▶	Colorado	HaskellDEM	49.4%	457,545	AllottREP	48.4%	447,957	D+1.0	↑ D+17.1
▶	Delaware	BidenDEM	50.5%	116,006	BoggsREP	49.1%	112,844	D+1.4	↑ D+19.6
▶	Georgia	NunnDEM	54.0%	635,970	ThompsonREP	46.0%	542,331	D+7.9	↓ R+92.1
▶	Idaho	McClureREP	52.3%	161,804	DavisDEM	45.5%	140,913	R+6.8	↑ D+4.0
▶	Illinois	PercyREP	62.2%	2,867,078	PucinskiDEM	37.4%	1,721,031	R+24.9	↓ R+13.8
▶	Iowa	ClarkDEM	55.1%	662,637	MillerREP	44.1%	530,525	D+11.0	↑ D+34.1
▶	Kansas	PearsonREP	71.4%	622,591	TetzlaffDEM	23.0%	200,764	R+48.4	↓ R+41.4
▶	Kentucky	HuddlestonDEM	50.9%	528,550	NunnREP	47.6%	494,337	D+3.3	↑ D+32.4
▶	Louisiana	JohnstonDEM	55.2%	598,987	OtherOTH	25.7%	279,071	D+36.1	↓ R+63.9
▶	Maine	HathawayDEM	53.2%	224,270	SmithREP	46.8%	197,040	D+6.5	↑ D+24.4
▶	Massachusetts	BrookeREP	63.5%	1,505,932	DroneyDEM	34.7%	823,278	R+28.8	↓ R+6.9
▶	Michigan	GriffinREP	52.3%	1,781,065	KelleyDEM	46.3%	1,577,178	R+6.0	↑ D+6.1
▶	Minnesota	MondaleDEM	56.7%	981,340	HansenREP	42.9%	742,121	D+13.8	↑ D+5.9
▶	Mississippi	EastlandDEM	58.1%	375,102	CarmichaelREP	38.7%	249,779	D+19.4	↓ R+19.5
▶	Montana	MetcalfDEM	52.0%	163,609	HibbardREP	48.0%	151,316	D+3.9	↓ R+2.4
▶	Nebraska	CurtisREP	53.1%	301,841	CarpenterDEM	46.8%	265,922	R+6.3	↑ D+16.0
▶	New Hampshire	McIntyreDEM	56.9%	184,495	PowellREP	43.1%	139,852	D+13.8	↑ D+5.6
▶	New Jersey	CaseREP	62.5%	1,743,854	KrebsDEM	34.5%	963,573	R+27.9	↓ R+4.9
▶	New Mexico	DomeniciREP	54.0%	204,253	DanielsDEM	45.9%	173,815	R+8.1	↓ R+14.3
▶	North Carolina	HelmsREP	54.0%	795,248	GalifianakisDEM	46.0%	677,293	R+8.0	↓ R+23.1
▶	Oklahoma	BartlettREP	51.4%	516,934	EdmondsonDEM	47.6%	478,212	R+3.9	↓ R+11.3
▶	Oregon	HatfieldREP	53.7%	494,671	MorseDEM	46.2%	425,036	R+7.6	↓ R+4.0
▶	Rhode Island	PellDEM	53.7%	221,942	ChafeeREP	45.7%	188,990	D+8.0	↓ R+27.4
▶	South Carolina	ThurmondREP	63.5%	426,601	ZeiglerDEM	36.5%	245,457	R+26.9	↓ R+29.6
▶	South Dakota	AbourezkDEM	57.0%	174,773	HirschREP	43.0%	131,613	D+14.1	↑ D+46.7
▶	Tennessee	BakerREP	61.5%	716,539	BlantonDEM	37.9%	440,599	R+23.7	↓ R+12.3
▶	Texas	TowerREP	53.4%	1,822,877	SandersDEM	44.3%	1,511,985	R+9.1	↑ D+4.2
▶	Vermont(S)	StaffordREP	64.3%	45,888	MajorDEM	33.4%	23,842	R+30.9	—
▶	Virginia	ScottREP	51.5%	714,575	SpongDEM	46.0%	638,386	R+5.5	↓ R+21.4
▶	West Virginia	RandolphDEM	66.5%	486,310	LeonardREP	33.5%	245,531	D+32.9	↑ D+13.9
▶	Wyoming	HansenREP	71.3%	101,314	VinichDEM	28.7%	40,753	R+42.6	↓ R+39.0

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