• Source: 1972 Arkansas gubernatorial election

    • The 1972 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1972.
    Incumbent Democratic Governor Dale Bumpers defeated Republican nominee Len E. Blaylock with 75.44% of the vote, despite Democratic nominee George McGovern losing the state in a landslide in the concurrent presidential election.


    Primary elections


    Primary elections were held on May 30, 1972.


    = Democratic primary

    =


    Candidates


    Dale Bumpers, incumbent Governor
    George W. Davis, State Representative
    Les Gibbs, Former Labor Union official
    Mack Harbour, Hospital administrator
    Q. Byrum Hurst, State Senator


    Results


    Bumpers avoided a run-off (which would have been held 13 June) by winning with more than 50% of the vote.


    = Republican primary

    =


    Candidates


    Len E. Blaylock, former staffer and Welfare Commissioner under Winthrop Rockefeller


    Results




    General election




    = Candidates

    =
    Dale Bumpers, Democratic
    Len E. Blaylock, Republican


    = Results

    =


    References




    Bibliography


    Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
    Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
    Scammon, Richard M., ed. (1973). America Votes 10: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1972. Washington, D.C.: Governmental Affairs Institute.

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