1972 United States Senate election in Colorado information
1972 United States Senate election in Colorado
← 1966
November 7, 1972
1978 →
Nominee
Floyd Haskell
Gordon Allott
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Republican
Popular vote
457,545
447,957
Percentage
49.41%
48.37%
County results Haskell: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Allott: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election
Gordon Allott
Republican
Elected U.S. Senator
Floyd Haskell
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The 1972 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Gordon Allott ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was narrowly defeated by Democratic former State Representative Floyd Haskell. This would be the last time until 2008 that a Democrat was elected to the Class 2 Senate seat from Colorado. Colorado was one of fifteen states alongside Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, 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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