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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Arkansas State Senate election results, district by district

Every Arkansas State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 35 seats

After the electionD 34 · R 1
Races35
Changed party0
Unopposed69%24 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 34 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Max Howell (D)Unopposed
SD-2Ralph Patterson (D)Unopposed
SD-3Jerry D. Jewell (D)—
SD-4Joe T. Ford (D)Unopposed
SD-5Robert Ben Allen (D)Unopposed
SD-6Jim Caldwell (R)—
SD-7Morriss Henry (D)—
SD-8Darrell Johnson (D)Unopposed
SD-9Milt Earnhart (D)—
SD-10W. E. Rainwater (D)Unopposed
SD-11Olen Hendrix (D)Unopposed
SD-12Bob Douglas (D)Unopposed
SD-13Larry Douglas (D)Unopposed
SD-14Joe Ray (D)Unopposed
SD-15Bud Canada (D)—
SD-16Virgil Fletcher (D)—
SD-17Harold King (D)Unopposed
SD-18J. A. Womack (D)Unopposed
SD-19W. D. Moore Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-20J. Lex Moore (D)—
SD-21Guy H. Jones (D)—
SD-22Bill Walmsley (D)Unopposed
SD-23Knox Nelson (D)Unopposed
SD-24Morrell Gathright (D)Unopposed
SD-25George Locke (D)Unopposed
SD-26Nick Wilson (D)Unopposed
SD-27Robert Harvey (D)Unopposed
SD-28Dorathy Allen (D)Unopposed
SD-29Tom Watson (D)—
SD-30Jerry Bookout (D)Unopposed
SD-31John F. Bearden Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-32Clarence E. Bell (D)Unopposed
SD-33William K. Ingram (D)—
SD-34Joe L. Anderson (D)—
SD-35John F. Gibson Sr. (D)Unopposed

Arkansas State Senate

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