The 1972 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jack Miller ran for re-election to a third term but was defeated by Democrat Dick Clark. Iowa was one of fifteen states alongside Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota and West Virginia that were won by Republican president Richard Nixon in 1972 that elected Democrats to the United States Senate.
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 County results Clark: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Miller: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- Jack Miller, incumbent Senator since 1961
- Ralph Scott
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jack Miller (incumbent) | 170,590 | 84.36% | |
| Republican | Ralph Scott | 31,607 | 15.63% | |
| Republican | All others | 11 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 202,208 | 100.00% | ||
General election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dick Clark | 662,637 | 55.07% |  17.27
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| Republican | Jack Miller (incumbent) | 530,525 | 44.09% |  16.82
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| American | William A. Rocap, Jr. | 8,954 | 0.74% | N/A | |
| Independent | Fred R. Benton | 1,203 | 0.10% | N/A | |
| Write-in | 14 | 0.00% | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 1,203,333 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate- R Primary Race - Aug 01, 1972". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1972". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1973). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.