United States Senate election in Maine, 1972

November 7, 1972



Nominee	William Hathaway	Margaret Chase Smith
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	224,270	197,040
Percentage	53.2%	46.8%

U.S. Senator before election

Margaret Chase Smith
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

William Hathaway
Democratic

The 1972 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith ran for re-election to a fifth term, but was defeated by Democrat William Hathaway.

Major candidates

Democratic

William Hathaway, U.S. Representative from Maine's 2nd congressional district since 1965

Republican

Margaret Chase Smith, U.S. Senator since 1949

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	William Hathaway	224,270	53.23
	Republican	Margaret Chase Smith (incumbent)	197,040	46.77

References

↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6513

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