United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1972

United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1972

November 7, 1972

 
Nominee James Eastland Gil Carmichael
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 375,102 249,779
Percentage 58.1% 38.7%

U.S. Senator before election

James Eastland
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Thad Cochran
Republican

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. As of 2016, this is the last time that the Democrats have won the state's Class 2 senate seat.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Independent

Independent

  • C.L.McKinley

Results

Mississippi U.S. Senate Election, 1972[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Eastland 375,102 58.09%
Republican Gil Carmichael 249,779 38.68%
Independent Prentiss Walker 14,662 2.27%
Independent C.L.McKinley 6,203 0.96%

See also


References

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