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** ** 1972 Senatorial General Election Results - Virginia ** **
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Candidate
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Party
Popular Vote
William L. ScottRepublican 718,367 51.45%
William B. SpongDemocratic 643,963 46.12%
Horace "Hunk" Henderson 33,912 2.43%
Write-ins- 56 0.00%
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Demographic Data

1980 Population:5,346,797Enum.1980 Population Density:52.1persons/km2
1972 Population:4,828,131Est.1972 Population Density:47.1persons/km2
1970 Population:4,651,448Enum.1970 Population Density:45.4persons/km2
Land Area (2000):102,548km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.4%

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  • Source for Popular Vote data: Virginia Department of Elections. Commonwealth of Virginia Official Election Results 1972, Virginia Department of Elections (https://archive.org/details/officialelection1972virg) (accessed 12 Feb 2016)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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