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County results Griffin: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Kelley: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Michigan |
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The 1972 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Senate Minority Whip Robert P. Griffin ran for re-election to a second term, won reelection defeating the Democratic candidate, and Michigan Attorney General Frank J. Kelley by 6%. Despite President Richard Nixon’s landslide victory in Michigan and the rest of the country, Griffin’s margin of victory decreased from the previous election.
As of 2023 [update], this was the last time that the Republicans have won Michigan’s Class 2 Senate seat, as well as the last time that a member of the party has been re-elected to either of the state’s Senate seats.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Robert P. Griffin (incumbent) | 1,781,065 | 52.28% | 3.62 | |
Democratic | Frank J. Kelley | 1,577,178 | 46.29% | 2.44 | |
American Independent | Patrick V. Dillinger | 23,121 | 0.68% | N/A | |
Human Rights | Barbara Halpert | 19,118 | 0.56% | N/A | |
Socialist Workers | Linda Norquist | 2,389 | 0.07% | N/A | |
Socialist Labor | James Sim | 2,127 | 0.06% | 0.19 | |
Communist | Thomas D. Dennis Jr. | 1,908 | 0.06% | N/A | |
Total votes | 3,406,906 | 100.00% |
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County results Griffin: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Kelley: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Michigan |
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The 1972 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Senate Minority Whip Robert P. Griffin ran for re-election to a second term, won reelection defeating the Democratic candidate, and Michigan Attorney General Frank J. Kelley by 6%. Despite President Richard Nixon’s landslide victory in Michigan and the rest of the country, Griffin’s margin of victory decreased from the previous election.
As of 2023 [update], this was the last time that the Republicans have won Michigan’s Class 2 Senate seat, as well as the last time that a member of the party has been re-elected to either of the state’s Senate seats.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Robert P. Griffin (incumbent) | 1,781,065 | 52.28% | 3.62 | |
Democratic | Frank J. Kelley | 1,577,178 | 46.29% | 2.44 | |
American Independent | Patrick V. Dillinger | 23,121 | 0.68% | N/A | |
Human Rights | Barbara Halpert | 19,118 | 0.56% | N/A | |
Socialist Workers | Linda Norquist | 2,389 | 0.07% | N/A | |
Socialist Labor | James Sim | 2,127 | 0.06% | 0.19 | |
Communist | Thomas D. Dennis Jr. | 1,908 | 0.06% | N/A | |
Total votes | 3,406,906 | 100.00% |