- United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1972
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United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1972 
1966 ← November 7, 1972 → 1978 
Nominee Edward Brooke John J. Droney Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,505,932 823,278 Percentage 63.53% 34.73%
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The United States Senate election of 1972 in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1972 with the incumbent Republican Senator Edward Brooke defeating his challengers.
Contents
Candidates
Democratic
- John J. Droney - Middlesex County District Attorney. Served from the late 1950s until he was defeated for re-election in 1982 by Scott Harshbarger.[1]
- Gerald O'Leary, Boston City Councilor
- John P. Lynch, Hampden County Register of Deeds
Republican
- Edward Brooke - Incumbent Senator first elected in 1966. Was the first African-American elected to the Senate by popular vote.[2]
Socialist Workers
- Donald Gurewitz
Results
Primaries
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 General election
General election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican Edward Brooke 1,505,932 63.53 +2.85 Democratic John J. Droney 823,278 34.73 -4.01 Socialist Workers Donald Gurewitz 41,369 1.75 +1.41 External links and references
- Race details at ourcampaigns.com
- ^ John Droney at ourcampaigns.com
- ^ Edward Brooke at ourcampaigns.com
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