1972 United States Senate election in Alabama

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

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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Melba Till Allen, Alabama State Auditor
• Sam Chestnut, Jr.
• Robert Edington, State Representative
• Jimmy Harper
• Lambert C. Mims, Mobile City Commissioner
• John Sparkman, incumbent Senator
• Charles Sullins

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Winton Blount, Postmaster General of the United States
• Doris B. Callahan
• James D. Martin, former U.S. Representative from Alabama's 7th congressional district
• Bert Nettles, state representative from Mobile County

Results

Independents and third parties

Alabama Conservative

• Herbert W. Stone

Alabama National Democratic

• John L. LeFlore, founder of Alabama NAACP and civil rights activist

Prohibition

• Jerome B. Couch, nominee for Governor in 1970

General election

Results

Results by county

See also

• 1972 United States Senate elections

Notes

References