Elections by year
1972 elections
Every election in 1972 in the 99chambers archive: generals, primaries, specials and runoffs for Congress, governor, statewide offices and the state legislatures.
Feb 1, 1972 special
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
1972 general
4,789 races in 43 states: State legislatures
Mar 1, 1972 special
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
Apr 1, 1972 special
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
May 1, 1972 special
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
1972 primaries
1,224 races in 8 states: State legislatures
Jun 1, 1972 runoff
71 races in 2 states: State legislatures
Aug 1, 1972 runoff
7 races in 1 state: State legislatures
Aug 1, 1972 special
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
Sep 1, 1972 runoff
37 races in 2 states: State legislatures
Oct 1, 1972 runoff
23 races in 1 state: State legislatures
Nov 1, 1972 runoff
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
Nov 1, 1972 special
6 races in 3 states: State legislatures
Nov 7, 1972 general
1 races in 1 state: State legislatures
Dec 1, 1972 special
2 races in 1 state: State legislatures
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner