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Missouri gubernatorial election, 1972

Missouri gubernatorial election, 1972
Missouri
← 1968 November 7, 1972 1976 →
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Nominee Kit Bond Edward L. Dowd
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,029,451 832,751
Percentage 55.18% 44.64%

Governor before election

Warren E. Hearnes
Democratic

Elected Governor

Kit Bond
Republican


Warren E. Hearnes
Democratic

Kit Bond
Republican

The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1972 was Missouri's forty-third gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 7, 1972, and resulted in a victory for the Republican nominee, incumbent State Auditor of Missouri Kit Bond, over the Democratic candidate, Edward L. Dowd, and Nonpartisan Paul J. Leonard.


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