1972 United States Senate election in Nebraska

The 1972 Nebraska United States Senate election was held on November 7, 1972 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Nebraska. Republican U.S. Senator Carl Curtis won re-election.

1972 United States Senate election in Nebraska

← 1966 November 7, 1972 1978 →

Nominee Carl Curtis Terry Carpenter Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 301,841 265,922 Percentage 53.16% 46.84%

County results Curtis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Carpenter:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Carl Curtis Republican Elected U.S. Senator Carl Curtis Republican

This was the last time until 1996 that a Republican won a U.S. Senate election in Nebraska.

Candidates

Democratic

• Terry Carpenter, former congressman
• John DeCamp, State Senator

Republican

• Carl Curtis, Incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1972^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	'Carl Curtis' (Incumbent)	301,841	53.16%	−7.88%
	Democratic	Terry Carpenter	265,922	46.84%	+8.09%
Majority			35,919	6.33%	−15.97%
Turnout			567,763
	Republican hold		Swing

References

1. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 25.