1972 United States Senate election in Virginia

none March 2026 September 2023 1972 United States Senate election in Virginia Virginia presidential no 1966 United States Senate election in Virginia 1966 1978 United States Senate election in Virginia 1978 November 7, 1972 44.7%http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections uselectionatlas.org March 7, 2013 File:William Lloyd Scott.jpg 150x150px William L. Scott Republican Party (United States) 718,337 51.45% File:William B Spong.jpg William Spong, Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 643,963 46.12% 1972 United States Senate election in Virginia results map by county.svg 301px County and independent city resultsScott: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Spong: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Senator William B. Spong, Jr. Democratic Party (United States) William Lloyd Scott Republican Party (United States) The 1972 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 7, 1972. Republican U.S. Representative William L. Scott defeated incumbent Democratic Senator William Spong Jr.. Scott was the first Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia to be elected in over a century, as the most recent Republican senator was John F. Lewis, who had served during the Reconstruction era until 1875. He was the first Republican to ever win this seat, and the first non-Democrat since 1889. This is the last time a candidate not named Warner won Virginia's Class 2 Senate seat. General election Candidates Horace H. Henderson (Independent) William Lloyd Scott, U.S. representative from Fairfax (Republican) William B. Spong, Jr., incumbent U.S. senator (Democratic) Results United States Senate election in Virginia, 1972http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6508 Our Campaigns - VA US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1972 Republican Party (United States) William Lloyd Scott 718,337 51.45% +22.05% Democratic Party (United States) William B. Spong, Jr. (incumbent) 643,963 46.12% -12.48% Independent (politician) Horace E. Henderson 33,912 2.43% Write-ins 56 <0.01% -0.01% 74,374 5.33% -19.77% 1,396,268 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References See also 1972 United States Senate elections Virginia 1972 Category:1972 Virginia elections