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Senatorial Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote |
| Adlai E. Stevenson, III | Democratic |
2,065,054 |
57.37% |
| Ralph Tyler Smith | Republican |
1,519,718 |
42.22% |
| Lynn Henderson | Socialist Workers |
8,859 |
0.25% |
| Louis Fisher | Socialist Labor |
5,564 |
0.15% |
| write-in | write-in |
77 |
0.00% |
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| Demographic Data
1970 Population: | 11,110,285 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 77.2 | persons/km2 | 1960 Population: | 10,081,158 | Enum. | 1960 Population Density: | 70.0 | persons/km2 | Land Area (2000): | 143,961 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.0 | % |
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Illinois Secretary of State, Comp, "Illinois U. S. Senate," Official Vote Cast at the General Election on November 3, 1970 (Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State, 1971)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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