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On election day, 7 November 1972, Democratic nominee Jim Spainhower won the election by a margin of 163,539 votes against his opponent Republican nominee George W. Parker, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of state treasurer. Spainhower was sworn in as the 39th state treasurer of Missouri on 8 January 1973.