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1972 General Election Results: Governor
1972 General Election Results: Governor
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Top Line Results
Tuesday, November 7, 1972
56.77%
Otis Ray Bowen
*
, Republican, 1,203,903 votes
42.46%
Matthew Empson Welsh
, Democratic, 900,489 votes
0.40%
Berryman S. Hurley
, Indiana American Independent, 8,525 votes
0.30%
Finley C. Campbell
, Peace and Freedom, 6,278 votes
0.08%
John Marion Morris
, Socialist Labor, 1,652 votes
Out of
2,120,847
votes casts, the margin of victory was
303,414
(14.31%)
