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1972 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
← 1966 November 7, 1972 1978 →
 
Nominee Edward Brooke John Droney
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,505,932 823,278
Percentage 63.53% 34.73%
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Edward Brooke
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Elected U.S. Senator

Edward Brooke
Republican

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The United States Senate election of 1972 in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican Senator Edward Brooke defeated Democratic nominee John Droney in a landslide. As of 2022, this remains the last time that a Republican has Massachusetts’s Class 2 Senate seat and the last time a Republican has been elected to either Senate seat for a full term. This was also the last time until 2010 that a Republican would win any U.S. Senate election in the state.

Republican primary

Candidates

Senator Edward Brooke was unopposed for re-nomination.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results by municipality
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John J. Droney 215,523 45.05%
Democratic Gerald O'Leary 169,876 35.51%
Democratic John P. Lynch 92,979 19.43%
Total votes 478,378 100.00%

General election

Candidates

  • Edward Brooke, incumbent Senator since 1967 (Republican)
  • John J. Droney, Middlesex County District Attorney (Democratic)
  • Donald Gurewitz, anti-war activist (Socialist Workers)

Results

General election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Edward Brooke (incumbent) 1,505,932 63.53% Increase2.85
Democratic John J. Droney 823,278 34.73% Decrease4.01
Socialist Workers Donald Gurewitz 41,369 1.75% Increase1.41
Total votes 2,370,579 100.00%

See also

  1. ^ John Droney at ourcampaigns.com
  2. ^ "Galbraith Is Urged To Oppose Brooke". The Harvard Crimson. 5 June 1972.
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