United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1972

November 7, 1972



Nominee	Pete Domenici	Jack Daniels
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	204,253	173,815
Percentage	54.0%	46.0%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Clinton Anderson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Pete Dominici
Republican

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The 1972 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Clinton Presba Anderson did not run for re-election. Republican Pete Domenici defeated Democrat Jack Daniels to win the open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jack Daniels, former New Mexico State Representative
Roberto Mondragón, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
David L. Norvell, incumbent Attorney General of New Mexico
Thomas G. Morris, former U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Daniels	45,648	29.75
	Democratic	Roberto Mondragón	29,603	19.29
	Democratic	David L. Norvell	24,917	16.24
	Democratic	Thomas G. Morris	22,849	14.89
	Democratic	Others	30,448	19.84
Majority			16,045	10.46%
Total votes			153,465	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Pete Domenici, 1970 Republican Nominee For Governor
David Cargo, former Governor of New Mexico

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Domenici	37,337	63.25
	Republican	David Cargo	12,522	21.21
	Republican	Others	9,171	15.54
Majority			24,815	42.04%
Total votes			59,030	100.00

General election

Results

General election results^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Domenici	204,253	54.03
	Democratic	Jack Daniels	173,815	45.98
Majority			30,438	8.05%
Total votes			378,068	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

↑ "NM US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "NM US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "NM US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). Office of the U.S. House Clerk. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

External links

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