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1972 South Carolina U.S. Senate Election
South Carolina · 2 candidates
Thurmond +26.6 pts · won by 174,750 votes
Strom ThurmondRepublicanWINNER63.29%
415,806 votes
Eugene N. ZeiglerDemocratic36.69%
241,056 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).