1972 United States Senate election in Illinois














United States Senate election in Illinois, 1972







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Charles Percy.jpg

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Nominee

Charles Percy

Roman Pucinski

Party

Republican

Democratic
Popular vote

2,867,078
1,721,031
Percentage

62.21%
37.35%








U.S. Senator before election

Charles H. Percy
Republican



Elected U.S. Senator

Charles H. Percy
Republican





















The 1972 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1972. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Charles H. Percy sought re-election to the United States Senate. Percy was opposed by Democratic nominee Roman Pucinski, a United States Congressman from Illinois's 11th congressional district, whom he was able to defeat handily to win a second term.




Contents






  • 1 General election


    • 1.1 Candidates


    • 1.2 Results




  • 2 See also


  • 3 References





General election



Candidates




  • Charles H. Percy (R), incumbent United States Senator


  • Roman Pucinski (D), United States Congressman from Illinois's 11th congressional district

  • Edward C. Gross (SL), perennial candidate

  • Arnold Becchetti (C)



Results








































































United States Senate election in Illinois, 1972[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Republican

Charles H. Percy, (Incumbent)

2,867,078

61.21%

+7.27%


Democratic

Roman Pucinski
1,721,031
37.35%
-6.55%


Socialist Labor
Edward C. Gross
13,384
0.29%



Communist
Arnold Becchetti
6,103
0.13%


Write-ins

784
0.02%

Majority
1,146,047
24.87%
+13.82%

Turnout
3,822,724




Republican hold

Swing




See also


  • United States Senate elections, 1972


References





  1. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved April 4, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}










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