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1972 United States Senate election in South Dakota

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1972 United States Senate election in South Dakota

← 1966

November 7, 1972

1978 →


Nominee	James Abourezk	Robert W. Hirsch
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	174,773	131,613
Percentage	57.04%	42.96%

County results
Abourezk: 50–60% 60–70% 80–90%
Hirsch: 50–60% 70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Karl E. Mundt
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

James Abourezk
Democratic

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The1972 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 7, 1972, concurrently with theU.S. presidential election as well as other elections to theUnited States Senate in other states as well as elections to theUnited States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

IncumbentRepublican U.S. SenatorKarl 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 nomineeJames Abourezk.

Despite Abourezk's 14 percentage point win, Democratic presidential nominee and future fellow South Dakota SenatorGeorge McGovern lost his home state by a margin of 8.6 points in theconcurrent presidential election.^[1]

South Dakota was one of fifteen states alongsideAlabama,Arkansas,Colorado,Delaware,Georgia,Iowa,Louisiana,Maine,Minnesota,Mississippi,Montana,New Hampshire,Rhode Island andWest Virginia that were won by Republican PresidentRichard Nixon in 1972 that elected Democrats to the United States Senate.

Primary elections

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Primary elections were held on June 6, 1972.

Democratic primary results^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Abourezk	46,931	79.42%
	Democratic	George Blue	12,163	20.58%
Total votes			59,094	100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Robert W. Hirsch, formerSouth Dakota Senate Majority Leader^[7]
Chuck Lien, businessman^[2]
Gordon J. Mydland, incumbentAttorney General of South Dakota
Tom Reardon, banker^[2]
Kenneth D. Stofferahn, farmer^[2]

Results

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Republican primary results^[3]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert W. Hirsch	27,322	27.37%
	Republican	Gordon J. Mydland	22,297	22.34%
	Republican	Chuck Lien	21,995	22.03%
	Republican	Kenneth D. Stofferahn	16,615	16.65%
	Republican	Tom Reardon	11,592	11.61%
Total votes			99,821	100.00%

A state convention was held 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.^[8]

General election

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Candidates

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Robert W. Hirsch (R)
James Abourezk (D)

Results

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1972 United States Senate election in South Dakota^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Abourezk	174,773	57.04
	Republican	Robert W. Hirsch	131,613	42.96
Majority			43,160	14.08
Turnout			306,386
	Democraticgain fromRepublican

References

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^"Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".uselectionatlas.org. RetrievedSeptember 6, 2021.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"Dakotans focus on Mundt's seat".New York Times. New York City. June 4, 1972. p. 47. RetrievedMay 30, 2021.
^^a ^bCongressional Quarterly 1998, p. 152.
^America Votes 10, p. 340.
^"SD US Senate, 1972 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. RetrievedMay 30, 2021.
^Alma Larson, Secretary of State (ed.).Official Election Returns for South Dakota: Primary Election, June 6, 1972(PDF). p. 3.
^"South Dakota Legislature".
^^a ^bAmerica Votes 10, p. 302.
^"SD US Senate, 1972 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. RetrievedMay 30, 2021.
^Alma Larson, Secretary of State (ed.).Official Election Returns for South Dakota: Primary Election, June 6, 1972(PDF). p. 4.
^Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 96.
^America Votes 10, p. 297.
^"SD US Senate, 1972". Our Campaigns. RetrievedMay 30, 2021.
^Secretary of State (ed.).Official Election Returns by counties for the State of South Dakota: General Election, November 7, 1972(PDF). p. 3.
^Clerk of the United States House of Representatives."Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972"(PDF).United States Government Printing Office. RetrievedApril 4, 2015 – via Clerk.house.gov.

Bibliography

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Congressional Elections, 1946-1996. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998.ISBN 1-56802-248-4.
Scammon, Richard M., ed. (1973).America Votes 10: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1972. Washington, D.C.: Governmental Affairs Institute.

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