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1972-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Mississippi (District 05)

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Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Trent Lott
(R)		 Ben Stone
(D)		 Earnest Creel
(I)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 77,82655.3% 62,10144.2% 6870.5% 00.0% 15,725 140,614
Total R vote: 77,826 (55.3%)      Total D vote: 62,101 (44.2%)      Total Other vote: 687 (0.5%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Trent Lott 5,038 70.4%
2   Paul Grady 1,192 16.7%
3   Charles Klumb 578 8.1%
4   Karl Mertz 348 4.9%
TOTAL VOTES 7,156  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Ben Stone 17,431 27.7%
2   Howard Patterson 11,472 18.2%
3   Daniel Guice 10,265 16.3%
4   Charles Blackwell 8,673 13.8%
5   Stone Barefield 6,398 10.2%
6   William Andrews 2,933 4.7%
7   Marby Penton 2,413 3.8%
8   Luther Patton 2,038 3.2%
9   Robert Ladner 841 1.3%
10   Frank Barber 487 0.8%
TOTAL VOTES 62,951  
Democrat Runoff
1   Ben Stone 29,660 52.6%
2   Howard Patterson 26,688 47.4%