Complete List of Races
All elections are class 2 unless otherwise indicated.
Bold states links to a separate article about that state's election.
Bold candidates indicates the winner.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Results | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | John Sparkman | Democratic | Re-elected | John Sparkman (Democratic) 62.3% Winton M. Blount (Republican) 33.1% John L. LeFlore (Nat'l Democratic) 3.0% Jerome Couch (AL Prohibition) 1.0% Herbert Stone (AL Conservative) 0.6% |
| Alaska | Ted Stevens | Republican | Re-elected | Ted Stevens (Republican) 77.3% Gene Guess (Democratic) 22.7% |
| Arkansas | John Little McClellan | Democratic | Re-elected | John Little McClellan (Democratic) 60.8% Wayne H. Babbitt (Republican) 39.1% |
| Colorado | Gordon L. Allott | Republican | Lost re-election Democratic gain |
Floyd K. Haskell (Democratic) 49.4% Gordon L. Allott (Republican) 48.4% Secundion Salazar (Raza Unida) 1.4% Henry Olshaw (American) 0.8% |
| Delaware | J. Caleb Boggs | Republican | Lost re-election Democratic gain |
Joe Biden (Democratic) 50.5% J. Caleb Boggs (Republican) 49.1% |
| Georgia | David H. Gambrell | Democratic | Lost renomination Democratic hold |
Sam Nunn (Democratic) 54.0% Fletcher Thompson (Republican) 46.0% |
| Idaho | Leonard B. Jordan | Republican | Retired Republican hold |
James A. McClure (Republican) 52.3% William E. Davis (Democratic) 45.5% |
| Illinois | Charles H. Percy | Republican | Re-elected | Charles H. Percy (Republican) 62.2% Roman Pucinski (Democratic) 37.4% |
| Iowa | Jack Miller | Republican | Lost re-election Democratic gain |
Dick Clark (Democratic) 55.1% Jack Miller (Republican) 44.1% |
| Kansas | James B. Pearson | Republican | Re-elected | James B. Pearson (Republican) 71.4% Arch Tetzlaff (Democratic) 23.0% |
| Kentucky | John Sherman Cooper | Republican | Retired Democratic gain |
Walter D. Huddleston (Democratic) 50.9% Louie B. Nunn (Republican) 47.6% |
| Louisiana | Elaine S. Edwards | Democratic | Retired Democratic hold |
J. Bennett Johnston (Democratic) 55.2% John McKeithen (Independent) 23.1% Ben C. Toledano (Republican) 16.1% |
| Maine | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Lost re-election Democratic gain |
William Hathaway (Democratic) 53.2% Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) 46.8% |
| Massachusetts | Edward Brooke | Republican | Re-elected | Edward Brooke (Republican) 63.5% John J. Droney (Democratic) 34.7% Donald Gurewitz (Socialist Workers) 1.7% |
| Michigan | Robert P. Griffin | Republican | Re-elected | Robert P. Griffin (Republican) 52.3% Frank J. Kelley (Democratic) 46.3% |
| Minnesota | Walter Mondale | Democratic | Re-elected | Walter Mondale (Democratic) 56.7% Phil Hansen (Republican) 42.9% |
| Mississippi | James Eastland | Democratic | Re-elected | James Eastland (Democratic) 58.1% Gil Carmichael (Republican) 38.7% |
| Montana | Lee Metcalf | Democratic | Re-elected | Lee Metcalf (Democratic) 52.0% Henry S. Hibbard (Republican) 48.1% |
| Nebraska | Carl Curtis | Republican | Re-elected | Carl Curtis (Republican) 53.1% Terry Carpenter (Democratic) 46.8% |
| New Hampshire | Thomas J. McIntyre | Democratic | Re-elected | Thomas J. McIntyre (Democratic) 56.9% Wesley Powell (Republican) 43.1% |
| New Jersey | Clifford P. Case | Republican | Re-elected | Clifford P. Case (Republican) 62.5% Paul J. Krebs (Democratic) 34.5% |
| New Mexico | Clinton Presba Anderson | Democratic | Retired Republican gain |
Pete Dominici (Republican) 54.0% Jack Daniels (Democratic) 46.0% |
| North Carolina | B. Everett Jordan | Democratic | Lost renomination Republican gain |
Jesse Helms (Republican) 54.0% Nick Galifianakis (Democratic) 46.0% |
| Oklahoma | Fred R. Harris | Democratic | Retired Republican gain |
Dewey F. Bartlett (Republican) 51.4% Ed Edmondson (Democratic) 47.6% |
| Oregon | Mark Hatfield | Republican | Re-elected | Mark Hatfield (Republican) 53.7% Wayne Morse (Democratic) 46.2% |
| Rhode Island | Claiborne Pell | Democratic | Re-elected | Claiborne Pell (Democratic) 53.7% John Chafee (Republican) 45.7% |
| South Carolina | Strom Thurmond | Republican | Re-elected | Strom Thurmond (Republican) 63.3% Eugene N. Zeigler (Democratic) 36.7% |
| South Dakota | Karl Earl Mundt | Republican | Retired Democratic gain |
James Abourezk (Democratic) 57.0% Robert W. Hirsch (Republican) 42.9% |
| Tennessee | Howard Baker | Republican | Re-elected | Howard Baker (Republican) 61.6% Ray Blanton (Democratic) 37.9% |
| Texas | John Tower | Republican | Re-elected | John Tower (Republican) 53.4% Barefoot Sanders (Democratic) 44.3% |
| Vermont Special: Class 1 |
Robert Stafford | Republican | Elected to finish term | Robert Stafford (Republican) 64.3% Randolph T. Major (Democratic) 33.4% |
| Virginia | William B. Spong, Jr. | Democratic | Lost re-election Republican gain |
William L. Scott (Republican) 51.5% William B. Spong, Jr. (Democratic) 46.1% |
| West Virginia | Jennings Randolph | Democratic | Re-elected | Jennings Randolph (Democratic) 66.5% Louise Leonard (Republican) 33.6% |
| Wyoming | Clifford Hansen | Republican | Re-elected | Clifford Hansen (Republican) 71.3% Mike Vinich (Democratic) 28.7% |
Read more about this topic: United States Senate Elections, 1972
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