1972 Illinois State Comptroller election

1972 Illinois State Comptroller election

← 1968 (Auditor of Public Accounts) November 7, 1972 1976 →
Turnout	69.74%[1]
Nominee George W. Lindberg Dean Barringer Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,217,440 2,094,798 Percentage 51.15% 48.33%
County results Lindberg:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Barringer:      50–60%      60–70%
Auditor of Public Accounts before election Michael Howlett Democratic State Comptroller George W. Lindberg Republican

Comptroller was a newly formed office, created by the 1970 Constitution of Illinois to replace the office of Auditor of Public Accounts, of which the outgoing incumbent was Democrat Michael Howlett, who instead opted to run for Secretary of State. Republican George W. Lindberg was elected the inaugural Illinois Comptroller.