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1972 U.S. Senate election results

33 races · 33 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1972 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1972 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaJohn SparkmanD654,491 votes · +306,968 over Winton M. Blount
AlaskaTed StevensR74,216 votes · +52,425 over W. Eugene Guess
ArkansasJohn L. McClellanD386,398 votes · +138,160 over Wayne H. Babbitt
ColoradoFloyd K. HaskellD457,545 votes · +9,588 over Gordon Allott
DelawareJoe BidenD116,006 votes · +3,162 over J. Caleb Boggs
GeorgiaSam NunnD635,970 votes · +93,639 over Fletcher Thompson
IdahoJames A. McClureR161,804 votes · +20,891 over William E. Davis
IllinoisCharles H. PercyR2,867,078 votes · +1,146,047 over Roman Pucinski
IowaDick ClarkD662,637 votes · +132,112 over Jack Miller
KansasJames B. PearsonR622,591 votes · +421,827 over Arch Tetzlaff
KentuckyWalter D. HuddlestonD528,550 votes · +34,213 over Louie B. Nunn
LouisianaJ. Bennett Johnston Jr.D598,987 votes · +348,826 over John J. McKeithen
MaineWilliam D. HathawayD224,270 votes · +27,230 over Margaret C. Smith
MassachusettsEdward W. BrookeR1,505,932 votes · +682,654 over John J. Droney
MichiganRobert P. GriffinR1,781,065 votes · +203,887 over Frank J. Kelley
MinnesotaWalter MondaleF981,320 votes · +239,199 over Phil Hansen
MississippiJames O. EastlandD375,102 votes · +125,323 over Gil Carmichael
MontanaLee MetcalfD163,609 votes · +12,293 over Henry S. Hibbard
NebraskaCarl T. CurtisR301,841 votes · +35,919 over Terry Carpenter
New HampshireThomas J. McIntyreD184,495 votes · +44,643 over Wesley Powell
New JerseyClifford P. CaseR1,743,854 votes · +780,281 over Paul J. Krebs
New MexicoPete V DomeniciR204,253 votes · +30,438 over Jack Daniels
North CarolinaJesse HelmsR795,248 votes · +117,955 over Nick Galifianakis
OklahomaDewey F. BartlettR516,934 votes · +38,722 over Edmund Edmondson
OregonMark O. HatfieldR494,671 votes · +69,635 over Wayne Morse
Rhode IslandClaiborne Deb. PellD221,942 votes · +32,952 over John H. Chafee
South CarolinaStrom ThurmondR415,806 votes · +174,750 over Eugene N. Zeigler
South DakotaJames AbourezkD174,773 votes · +43,160 over Robert Hirsch
TennesseeHoward H. BakerR716,539 votes · +275,940 over Ray Blanton
TexasJohn G. TowerR1,822,877 votes · +310,892 over Barefoot Sanders
VirginiaWilliam R. ScottR718,337 votes · +74,374 over Wiliiam B. Spong
West VirginiaJennings RandolphD486,310 votes · +240,779 over Louise Leonard
WyomingClifford P. HansenR101,314 votes · +60,561 over Mike Vinich