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1972 Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election
Rhode Island · 2 candidates
Pell +8.0 pts · won by 32,952 votes
Claiborne Deb. PellDemocraticWINNER53.68%
221,942 votes
John H. ChafeeRepublican45.71%
188,990 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).