United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1972

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1972

November 7, 1972

Nominee Edward Brooke John J. Droney Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,505,932 823,278 Percentage 63.53% 34.73%

Results by town. Red indicates towns carried by Edward Brooke, blue indicates towns carried by John J. Droney.

Senator before election Edward Brooke Republican Elected Senator Edward Brooke Republican

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.

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

1. John Droney at ourcampaigns.com
2. Edward Brooke at ourcampaigns.com