1972 United States Senate election in Alabama

The 1972 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 7, 1972.

1972 United States Senate election in Alabama

November 7, 1972
 
Nominee John Sparkman Winton Blount
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 654,491 347,523
Percentage 62.27% 33.06%

County results
Sparkman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Blount:      50–60%
LeFlore:      40–50%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

John Sparkman
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John Sparkman
Democratic

Incumbent Senator John Sparkman was re-elected to a fifth full term in office over Postmaster General Winton Blount. Alabama was one of fifteen states alongside Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota and West Virginia won by Republican President Richard Nixon in 1972 that elected Democrats to the United States Senate.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.