1972 United States Senate election in Illinois

none March 2026 September 2017 1972 United States Senate election in Illinois Illinois presidential no 1966 United States Senate election in Illinois 1966 1978 United States Senate election in Illinois 1978 November 7, 1972 150x150px Charles Percy (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1971-1972).png Charles Percy Republican Party (United States) 2,867,078 62.21% RomanPucinski (cropped).jpg Roman Pucinski Democratic Party (United States) 1,721,031 37.35% 1972 United States Senate election in Illinois results map by county.svg 160px County results Percy: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Charles H. Percy Republican Party (United States) Charles H. Percy Republican Party (United States) 51.24% The 1972 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 7, 1972.OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 7, 1972 JUDICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, MARCH, 21, 1972 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1972/1972%20GE%20and%20PE.pdf Illinois State Board of Elections 26 June 2020 February 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Incumbent Republican United States Senator Charles H. Percy sought re-election to the United States Senate. Percy was opposed by Democratic nominee Roman Pucinski, a United States representative from the Northwest Side of Chicago, whom he was able to defeat handily to win a second term. 2022, this was the last time a Republican was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois during a presidential election year, the last time an Illinois Republican won a Senate election by double digits, and the last time any candidate has swept every county in the state. Background The primary (held on March 21) and general election coincided with those for House and state elections. Turnout in the primaries was 31.40%, with a total of 1,753,727 votes cast. Turnout during the general election was 51.24%, with 3,184,764 votes cast. Turnout in both the primary and general election was significantly less than those for coinciding statewide races. Democratic primary Congressman Roman Pucinski defeated Dakin Williams in the Democratic primary. Williams was a prosecutor who was the younger brother of playwright Tennessee Williams. Candidates Roman Pucinski, U.S. representative from the Northwest Side of Chicago Dakin Williams, prosecutorTennessee Williams' brother dead at 89 https://www.sj-r.com/article/20080522/NEWS/305229855 The State Journal-Register 24 June 2020 en 22 May 2008 Results Democratic primary results Roman C. Pucinski Democratic Party (United States) 859,890 70.62 W. Dakin Williams Democratic Party (United States) 357,744 29.38 Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 71 0 1,217,705 100 Republican primary Incumbent Charles H. Percy was renominated without opposition in the Republican primary. Candidates Charles H. Percy, incumbent U.S. senator since 1967 Results Republican primary results Charles H. Percy (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 535,911 99.98 Others Write-in 111 0.02 536,022 100 General election Candidates Arnold Becchetti (Communist) Edward C. Gross, perennial candidate (Socialist Labor) Charles H. Percy, incumbent U.S. senator since 1967 (Republican) Roman Pucinski, U.S. representative from the Northwest Side of Chicago (Democratic) United States Senate election in Illinois, 1972http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 Clerk.house.gov April 4, 2015 Republican Party (United States) Charles H. Percy (incumbent) 2,867,078 62.21% +7.27% Democratic Party (United States) Roman Pucinski 1,721,031 37.35% -6.55% Socialist Labor Party of America Edward C. Gross 13,384 0.29% Communist Party USA Arnold Becchetti 6,103 0.13% 784 0.02% 1,146,047 24.87% +13.82% 4,608,380 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also United States Senate elections, 1972 References Illinois 1972 Category:1972 Illinois elections