1972 Election:
George Stanley McGovern/Gaylord Anton Nelson (Democratic) - 285 EVs, 46.94%
Richard Milhous Nixon/Spiro Theodore "Ted' Agnew (Republican) - 221 EVs, 46.42%
George Wallace/John Bell Williams (National/Alabama-Mississippi Democratic) - 32 EVs, 3.45%
John G. Schmitz/John Ashbrook (American) - 0 EVs, 2.21%
1972 Senate Elections:
AL: Melba Allen (D) def. Winton Blount (R), James LeFlore (ND) -
D Hold
AK: Ted Stevens (R) def. Gene Guess (D) -
R Hold
AR: Orval Faubus (D*) def. Wayne Babbit (R),
A Liberal (I[D]) -
D Hold
CO: Gordon Allot (R) def. Wayne Haskell (D) -
R Hold
DE: Joe Biden (D) def. J. Caleb Boggs (R) -
D Gain from R
GA-R: Fletcher Thompson (R) def. Sam Nunn (D*), Hosea Williams (I[D]) -
R Gain from D
ID: William E. Davis (D) def. James McClure (R) -
D Gain from R
IL: Charles Percy (R) def. Roman Pucinski (D)
- R Hold
Iowa: Dick Clark (D) def. Jack Miller (R) -
D Gain from R
KS: James B. Pearson (R) def. Arch Telzaff (D), Gene Miller (C/AIP) -
R Hold
KY: Louie Nunn (R) def. Walter Huddleson (D) -
R Hold
LA: John McKeithen (I[D]*) def. J. Bennett Johnson (D), Ben Toledano (R), Hall Lyons (AIP) -
I Gain from D
ME: Margret Chase Smith (R) def. William Hathaway (D) -
R Hold
MA: Ed Brooke (R) def. Gerald O'Leary (D) -
R Hold
MI: Frank Kelley (D) def. Robert Griffin (R) -
D Gain from R
MN: Walter Mondale (D) def. Phil Hansen (R)
-D Hold
MS: James Eastland (D**) def. Gil Carmichael (R), Prentiss Walker (I) -
D Hold
MT: Harold E. Wallace (R) def. Lee Metcalf (D) -
R Gain from D
NE: Terry Carpenter (D) def. Carl Curtis (R) -
D Gain from R
NH: Thomas McIntyre (D) def. Wesley Powell (R)
- D Hold
NJ: Clifford Case (R) def. PauL Krebs (D)
- R Hold
NM: Jack Daniels (D) def. Pete Domenici (R)
- D Hold
NC: Jesse Helms (R) def. Nick Galifianakis (D) -
R Gain
OK: Ed Edmonson (D) def. Dewey F. Bartlett (R) -
D Hold
OR: Mark Hatfield (R) def. Wayne Morse (D) -
R Hold
RI: John Chafee (R) def. Claiborne Pell (D) -
R Gain from D
SC: Red Betha (N***) def. Strom Thurmond (R), Earle Morris (D) -
N Gain from R
SD: James Abourezk (D) def. Robert Hirsch (R) -
D Gain from R
TN: Howard Baker (R) def. Roy Blanton (D) -
R Hold
TX: Barefoot Sanders (D) def. John Tower (R) -
D Gain from R
VT: Robert Stafford (R) def. Randolph T. Major (D), Bernie Sanders (LU) -
R Hold
VA: William B. Spong (D) def. William L. Scott (R) -
D Hold
Senate Totals:
Democratic: 54 +3 = 57
Republican: 44 -5 = 39
Independent: 1 +1 = 2
National: 0 +1 = 1
Conservative (N.Y.) 1 +0 = 1
*Asterisk denotes Democrat/Independent endorsed by Wallace/National Party
**While Wallace originally planned to endorse Prentiss Walker as a "Wallace Independent", hoping to scare Eastland into endorsing him, John Bell Williams' loyalty to Eastland and the Mississippi Democratic Party's prompt endorsement of the Wallace/Williams ticket led to him backing Eastland, although with some reservations. Walker still receives a higher total than OTL, as many National Party voters simply reject both the Republicans and Democrats entirely.
***Red Betha, the 1970 American Independent Party candidate for governor, was chosen by the National Party in the hopes of making his re-election more stressful after Thurmond refused to endorse Wallace in 1968 and 1972. Betha, with Wallace's endorsement, improved massively over his 1970 total, and, as Thurmond's segregationist cred fell apart due to the revelation of his black daughter, along with the Democrats picking a more competitive candidate, Betha managed to pull off a bare-bones victory with 35% of the vote.
1973 Elections:
Senate:
ME-S: Robert A.G. Monks (R) def. George Mitchell (D)
- R Gain from D
SD-S: Bill Dougherty (D) def. Frank Henderson (R) -
D Hold
WI-S: Douglas LaFollette (D) def. William Dyke (R) -
D Hold
Senate Totals:
Democratic 57 -1 = 56
Republican: 39 +1 = 40
Independent: 2 +0 = 2
National: 1 +0 = 1
Conservative (N.Y.) 1 +0 = 1