1972 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

none March 2026 September 2023 1972 United States Senate election in Rhode Island Rhode Island presidential no 1966 United States Senate election in Rhode Island 1966 1978 United States Senate election in Rhode Island 1978 November 7, 1972 File:Claiborne Pell crop.jpg 150x150px Claiborne Pell Democratic Party (United States) 221,942 53.68% John Chafee (cropped).tif John Chafee Republican Party (United States) 188,990 45.71% 250px County results 250px Municipality results Pell: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Chafee: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell Democratic Party (United States) Claiborne Pell Democratic Party (United States) 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 in which 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. Democratic primary Candidates Claiborne Pell, incumbent U.S. senator Republican primary Candidates John Chafee, former governor of Rhode Island and former United States secretary of the Navy General election Results General election resultsRI US Senate http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5561 OurCampaigns 18 March 2014Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf Office of the U.S. House Clerk 18 March 2014 Democratic Party (US) Claiborne Pell (incumbent) 221,942 53.68% Republican Party (US) John Chafee 188,990 45.71% Independent (politician) John Quattrocchi 2,041 0.49% Socialist Workers Party (United States) Patrick M. DeTemple 458 0.11% 32,952 7.97% 413,431 100.00% Democratic Party (US) Republican Party (US) References Rhode Island 1972 Category:1972 Rhode Island elections