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1972 United States Senate election in Colorado
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Haskell
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40?50%
50?60%
60?70%
Allott
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40?50%
50?60%
60?70%
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The
1972 United States Senate election in Colorado
took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator
Gordon Allott
ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was narrowly defeated by Democratic former State Representative
Floyd Haskell
. This would be the last time until
2008
that a Democrat was elected to the Class 2 Senate seat from Colorado.
Colorado
was one of fifteen states alongside
Alabama
,
Arkansas
,
Delaware
,
Georgia
,
Iowa
,
Louisiana
,
Maine
,
Minnesota
,
Mississippi
,
Montana
,
New Hampshire
,
Rhode Island
,
South Dakota
and
West Virginia
that were won by Republican president
Richard Nixon
in 1972 that elected Democrats to the United States Senate.
Democratic primary
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Floyd Haskell, a former State Representative who had served as a Republican from 1965 to 1967, but had left the party in 1970 over opposition to the Vietnam War, won the primary.
General election
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Results
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