United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1972

November 7, 1972


Nominee	Claiborne Pell	John Chafee
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	221,942	188,990
Percentage	53.7%	45.7%

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Claiborne Pell
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Claiborne Pell
Democratic

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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

Claiborne Pell, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican primary

Candidates

John Chafee, former Governor of Rhode Island and former United States Secretary of the Navy

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

↑ "RI US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). Office of the U.S. House Clerk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

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