United States Senate election in Texas, 1972

November 7, 1972



Nominee	John G. Tower	Barefoot Sanders
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,822,877	1,511,985
Percentage	53.4%	44.3%

U.S. Senator before election

John G. Tower
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John G. Tower
Republican

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The 1972 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John G. Tower won re-election to a third term.

Major candidates

Democratic

Barefoot Sanders, U.S. District Judge of North Texas and former State Representative

Republican

John G. Tower, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1961

Results

General election results^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	John Tower	1,822,877	53.4
Democratic	Barefoot Sanders	1,511,985	44.3
La Raza Unida	Flores Amaya	63,543	1.9
Socialist Workers	Tom Leonard	14,464	0.4

References

↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6485

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