1972 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

1972 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

← 1966 November 7, 1972 1978 →
 
Nominee Thomas J. McIntyre Wesley Powell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 184,495 139,852
Percentage 56.88% 43.12%

County results

McIntyre:      50–60%      60–70%

Powell:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Thomas J. McIntyre
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Thomas J. McIntyre
Democratic

The 1972 United States Senate election in New Hampshire took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Democratic Senator Thomas J. McIntyre won re-election to a third term. Democrats would not win this seat again until 2008. This was the first time Democrats were popularly re-elected to any Senate seat in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire was one of fifteen states alongside Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Rhode Island, South Dakota and West Virginia that were won by Republican President Richard Nixon in 1972 that elected Democrats to the United States Senate.


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