1972 United States Senate election in Colorado

The 1972 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican Senator Gordon Allott ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was narrowly defeated by Democratic former State Representative Floyd Haskell.

1972 United States Senate election in Colorado
November 7, 1972
 
Nominee Floyd Haskell Gordon Allott
Party Democratic 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
Democratic

Elections in Colorado

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Floyd Haskell, a former State Representative who had served as a Republican from 1965–67, but had left the party in 1970 over opposition to the Vietnam War, won the primary.

1972 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Floyd Haskell 77,574 58.83%
Democratic Anthony Vollack 54,298 41.18%
Total votes 131,872 100.00%

General election

Results
General election results[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Floyd Haskell 457,545 49.41% 7.48
Republican Gordon Allott (inc.) 447,957 48.37% 9.65
Raza Unida Secundino Salazar 13,228 1.43% N/A
American Henry John Olshaw 7,353 0.79% N/A
Total votes 926,083 100.00%

See also

References
  1. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=225334
  2. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6483
  3. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1973). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
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