1972 Illinois elections

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1972 Illinois elections
Flag of Illinois.svg
  1970 November 7, 1972 1974  
Turnout78.52%

Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. [1]

Contents

Primaries were held on March 21, 1972. [1]

Election information

Turnout

Turnout in the primary election was 39.90%, with a total of 2,228,605 ballots cast. 1,563,193 Democratic and 665,412 Republican primary ballots were cast. [1]

Turnout during the general election was 78.52%, with 4,880,213 ballots cast. [1]

Federal elections

United States President

Illinois voted for the Republican ticket of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew.

United States Senate

Incumbent Charles H. Percy, a Republican, won reelection.

United States House

All 24 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1972. Seats had seen redistricting due to the results of the 1970 United States Census. Illinois did not lose any congressional seats during reapportionment. As of 2020, this is the last time that Illinois has not lost any congressional districts during a post-census reapportionment.

Before the election, both the Democratic and Republican parties held 12 seats from Illinois. In 1972, Republicans won 14 seats, while Democrats won 10 seats.

State elections

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

1972 Illinois gubernatorial election
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  1968 (Gov)
1968 (Lt. Gov)
November 7, 1972 1976  
Turnout75.28% [1]
  Dan Walker (1974) (1).jpg Richard B. Ogilvie.jpg
Nominee Dan Walker Richard B. Ogilvie
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Neil Hartigan James D. Nowlan
Popular vote2,371,3032,293,809
Percentage50.7%49.0%

1972 Illinois gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County Results
Walker:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Ogilvie:      50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election

Richard B. Ogilvie
Republican

Elected Governor

Dan Walker
Democratic

Incumbent Republican Richard B. Ogilvie lost to Democrat Dan Walker.

Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon did not seek reelection to a second term, instead opting to (ultimately unsuccessfully) seek the Democratic nomination for governor. Democrat Neil Hartigan was elected to succeed him.

This was the first gubernatorial elections in which gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial candidates were elected on a ticket in the general election, per the 1970 Constitution of Illinois.

1972 gubernatorial election, Illinois [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Daniel Walker/Neil F. Hartigan 2,371,303 50.68
Republican Richard B. Ogilvie (incumbent)/James D. Nowlan 2,293,80949.02
Socialist Labor George LaForest/Stanley L. Prorok7,9660.17
Communist Ishmael Flory/Theodore Pearson4,5920.10
Write-in Others1,3730.03
Total votes4,679,043

Attorney General

1972 Illinois Attorney General election
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  1968 November 7, 1972 1976  
Turnout72.87% [1]
  William J. Scott (Illinois politician) (3x4).png 3x4.svg
Nominee William J. Scott Thomas G. Lyons
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,898,1981,613,103
Percentage63.99%35.62%

Attorney General before election

William J. Scott
Republican

Elected Attorney General

William J. Scott
Republican

Incumbent Attorney General William J. Scott, a Republican, was elected to a second term.

Democratic primary

Illinois State Senator Thomas G. Lyons won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.

Attorney General Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thomas G. Lyons 954,194 100
Write-in Others330.00
Total votes954,227 100

Republican primary

Incumbent William J. Scott won the Republican primary, running unopposed.

Attorney General Republican primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William J. Scott (incumbent) 546,308 100
Write-in Others70.00
Total votes546,315 100

General election

Attorney General election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William J. Scott (incumbent) 2,898,198 63.99
Democratic Thomas G. Lyons 1,613,10335.62
Socialist Labor George P. Milonas10,5090.23
Communist Nancy J. Cohen6,6240.15
Write-in Others4020.01
Total votes4,528,836 100

Secretary of State

1972 Illinois Secretary of State election
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  1968 November 7, 1972 1976  
Turnout73.47% [1]
  Michael J. Howlett (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1971-1972) (cropped).png 3x4.svg
Nominee Michael Howlett Edmund J. Kucharski
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,360,3272,187,554
Percentage51.69%47.90%

1972 Illinois Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
County results
Howlett:     50–60%     60–70%
Kucharski:     50–60%     60–70%

Secretary of State before election

John W. Lewis Jr.
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Michael Howlett
Democratic

Incumbent Secretary of State John W. Lewis Jr., a Republican, had been appointed in 1970. He did not seek reelection. Democrat Michael Howlett was elected to succeed him in office.

Democratic primary

Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts Michael J. Howlett won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.

Secretary of State Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alan J. Dixon 1,039,947 100
Write-in Others200.00
Total votes1,039,967 100

Republican primary

Edmund J. Kucharski won the Republican primary, running unopposed.

Secretary of State Republican primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Edmund J. Kucharski 503,473 100
Write-in Others160.00
Total votes503,489 100

General election

Secretary of State election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Howlett 2,360,327 51.69
Republican Edmund J. Kucharski 2,187,55447.90
Socialist Labor Elizabeth Schnur12,4190.27
Communist Frances Gabow6,0790.13
Write-in Others2810.01
Total votes4,566,660 100

Comptroller

1972 Illinois State Comptroller election
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  1968 (Auditor of Public Accounts) November 7, 1972 1976  
Turnout69.74% [1]
 
Nominee George W. Lindberg Dean Barringer
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,217,4402,094,798
Percentage51.15%48.33%

Auditor of Public Accounts before election

Michael Howlett
Democratic

State Comptroller

George W. Lindberg
Republican

Comptroller was a newly formed office, created by the 1970 Constitution of Illinois to replace the office of Auditor of Public Accounts, of which the outgoing incumbent was Democrat Michael Howlett, who instead opted to run for Secretary of State. Republican George W. Lindberg was elected the inaugural Illinois Comptroller.

Democratic primary

Dean Barringer won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.

Comptroller Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dean Barringer 913,221 71.82
Write-in Others110.00
Total votes913,232 100

Republican primary

George W. Lindberg won the Republican primary, running unopposed.

Comptroller Republican primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican George W. Lindberg 480,769 100
Write-in Others30.00
Total votes480,772 100

General election

Comptroller election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican George W. Lindberg 2,217,440 51.16
Democratic Dean Barringer2,094,79848.33
Socialist Labor Clarys L. Essex12,7970.30
Communist Nathan Sharpe9,3250.22
Write-in Others2870.01
Total votes4,334,647 100

State Senate

Seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1972. Republicans flipped control of the chamber.

State House of Representatives

Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1972. Republicans retained control of the chamber.

Trustees of University of Illinois

1972 Trustees of University of Illinois election
  1970 November 7, 1972 1974  

An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois system.

The election saw the reelection of three-term former member Republican Park Livingston and first-term Republican incumbent Ralph Crane Hahn, as well as the election of new Republican member Jane S. Hayes Rader. [1] [2]

Democratic incumbent Robert B. Pogue (elected in a special election two years earlier) lost reelection. [1] [2]

Trustees of the University of Illinois election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ralph C. Hahn (incumbent) 2,204,218 17.47
Republican Jane S. Hayes Rader 2,199,006 17.42
Republican Park Livingston 2,168,248 17.18
Democratic Ellen Augustyn2,014,58915.96
Democratic Nicholas J. Bosen1,974,00015.64
Democratic Roger B. Pogue (incumbent)1,938,47615.36
Socialist Labor Edwin L. Williams28,8550.23
Socialist Labor Henry Schilling23,1680.18
Socialist Labor Gregory P. Lyngas19,8380.16
Communist John Robert Lumpkin17,8650.14
Communist Jack Kling15,8800.13
Communist William R. Fugate15,6990.12
Write-in Others5530.00
Total votes12,620,395 100

Judicial elections

Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 1972. [1]

Local elections

Local elections were held.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 7, 1972 JUDICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, MARCH, 21, 1972" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved June 26, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 "Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved April 1, 2020.