1972 United States Senate election in Rhode Island|
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County results
Municipality results Pell: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Chafee: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% |
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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 in the closest race of Pell's Senate career. Chafee was elected to Rhode Island's other Senate seat in 1976, and was colleagues with Pell until the latter's retirement in 1996. This was Pell's only Senate election where he won by single digits, and the only election in which he did not carry every county in Rhode Island. That same year, Rhode Island was one of fifteen states that voted for Republican President Richard Nixon in his landslide re-election victory, while simultaneously electing Democrats to the United States Senate.
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Republican primary
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General election
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