1972 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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1972 United States Senate election in Mississippi
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Nominee James Eastland Gil Carmichael
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote375,102249,779
Percentage58.09%38.68%
1972 United States Senate election in Mississippi results map by county.svg
County results
Eastland:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Carmichael:     40-50%     50-60%
U.S. senator before election

James Eastland
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

James Eastland
Democratic

The 1972 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James Eastland won re-election to his sixth term. To date, this was the last time that the Democrats won the Class 2 Senate seat in Mississippi. Mississippi was one of fifteen states alongside Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, 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.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • James Eastland, incumbent Senator
  • Louis Fondren, State Representative [1]
  • Taylor Webb, president of the Mississippi Economic Council [1]

Withdrew

  • C. L. McKinley, pipefitter [1] (to run as an independent candidate)

Results

1972 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Eastland (inc.) 203,847 70.23%
Democratic Taylor Webb67,65623.21%
Democratic Louis Fondren18,7536.46%
Total votes290,256 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Campaign

Meredith ran as an anti-Nixon candidate, while Carmichael supported President Nixon's re-election. [1]

Results

1972 Republican U.S. Senate primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gil Carmichael 18,369 79.08%
Republican James Meredith 4,85920.92%
Total votes23,228 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

Mississippi U.S. Senate Election, 1972 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic James Eastland (inc.) 375,102 58.09% Decrease2.svg 7.47
Republican Gil Carmichael249,77938.68%Increase2.svg11.98
Independent Prentiss Walker14,6622.27%N/A
Independent C.L.McKinley6,2030.96%N/A

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Eastland to Face 3 Rivals in Primary". The New York Times. April 9, 1972. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  2. ↑ "MS US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  3. ↑ "MS US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MS US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1972".


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