1972 Iowa Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1972 Iowa Gubernatorial Election?
Robert D. Ray won the 1972 Iowa Gubernatorial Election. Robert D. Ray received 707,177 popular votes (58.4%). The main challenger was Paul Franzenburg (40.3%).
See the full head-to-head between Ray and Franzenburg
Ray +18.1 pts · won by 219,895 votes
707,177 votes
487,282 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.3% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.