1972 United States Senate election in South Dakota

none March 2026 September 2023 1972 United States Senate election in South Dakota South Dakota 1963 presidential no 1966 United States Senate election in South Dakota 1966 1978 United States Senate election in South Dakota 1978 November 7, 1972 125x136px James Abourezk James Abourezk.jpg Democratic Party (United States) 174,773 57.04% Robert W. Hirsch No_image.svg Republican Party (United States) 131,613 42.96% 1972 United States Senate election in South Dakota results map by county.svg 260px County resultsAbourezk: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #3933e5 80–90%Hirsch: #e27f7f 50–60% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Karl E. Mundt Republican Party (US) James Abourezk Democratic Party (US) The 1972 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 7, 1972, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Karl E. Mundt, who had suffered a severe stroke in 1969, did not run for re-election to a fifth term, and was succeeded by Democratic nominee James Abourezk. Despite Abourezk's 14 percentage point win, Democratic presidential nominee and future fellow South Dakota Senator George McGovern lost his home state by a margin of 8.6 points in the concurrent presidential election.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ 2021-09-06 uselectionatlas.org South Dakota was one of fifteen states, alongside Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and West Virginia, that were won by Republican President Richard Nixon in 1972 that elected Democrats to the United States Senate. Primary elections Primary elections were held on June 6, 1972. Democratic primary Candidates James Abourezk, incumbent U.S. representative for South Dakota's 2nd congressional district George Blue, former state senator Dakotans focus on Mundt's seat https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/04/archives/dakotans-focus-on-mundts-seat-ailing-senator-out-of-vote-mcgovern.html New York Times New York City June 4, 1972 47 30 May 2021 and unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of South Dakota in 1968 Results Democratic primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 152America Votes 10 340https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=339255 SD US Senate, 1972 - R Primary Our Campaigns 30 May 2021Alma Larson, Secretary of State Official Election Returns for South Dakota: Primary Election, June 6, 1972 https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/72SDPRIM.pdf 3 James Abourezk Democratic Party (United States) 46,931 79.42% George Blue Democratic Party (United States) 12,163 20.58% 59,094 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Robert W. Hirsch, former South Dakota Senate majority leaderhttps://sdlegislature.gov/Historical/Legislator/Profile/2630 Robert William Hirsch South Dakota Legislature Chuck Lien, businessman Gordon J. Mydland, incumbent attorney general of South Dakota Tom Reardon, banker Kenneth D. Stofferahn, farmer Results Republican primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 152America Votes 10 302https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=339257 SD US Senate, 1972 - R Primary Our Campaigns 30 May 2021Alma Larson, Secretary of State Official Election Returns for South Dakota: Primary Election, June 6, 1972 https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/72SDPRIM.pdf 4 Robert W. Hirsch Republican Party (United States) 27,322 27.37% Gordon J. Mydland Republican Party (United States) 22,297 22.34% Chuck Lien Republican Party (United States) 21,995 22.03% Kenneth D. Stofferahn Republican Party (United States) 16,615 16.65% Tom Reardon Republican Party (United States) 11,592 11.61% 99,821 100.00% A state convention was held on June 26 to determine the party's nominee, as no candidate received the 35% required for nomination under the state's primary law. Hirsch was nominated at this convention.America Votes 10 302 General election Candidates James Abourezk (D) Robert W. Hirsch (R) Results 1972 United States Senate election in South DakotaCongressional Quarterly 1998 96America Votes 10 297https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6489 SD US Senate, 1972 Our Campaigns 30 May 2021Secretary of State Official Election Returns by counties for the State of South Dakota: General Election, November 7, 1972 https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/72SDGEN.pdf 3 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf April 4, 2015 United States Government Printing Office Clerk.house.gov Democratic Party (US) James Abourezk 174,773 57.04 Republican Party (US) Robert W. Hirsch 131,613 42.96 43,160 14.08 306,386 Democratic Party (US) Republican Party (US) See also 1972 United States Senate elections References Bibliography Congressional Elections, 1946-1996 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-248-4 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Scammon Richard M. America Votes 10: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1972 1973 Washington, D.C. Governmental Affairs Institute 1973 https://archive.org/details/americavotes10ha00scam/mode/2up America Votes 10 1972 South Dakota United States Senate