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1972 United States Senate election in New Jersey
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The
1972 United States Senate election in New Jersey
was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent
Republican
Clifford P. Case
defeated
Democratic
nominee
Paul J. Krebs
with 62.46% of the vote.
Primary elections
were held on June 6.
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Case turned away a challenge from James Ralph. Krebs won a large plurality in the Democratic primary over Daniel Gaby and Joseph Karcher.
As of 2023
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, this was the last time the Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in New Jersey.
[a]
Senator Clifford Philip Case outperformed President
Richard Nixon
in terms of popular vote percentage by winning 0.89% more than
Richard Nixon
had won New Jersey with in the
concurrent presidential election
.
Republican primary
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Candidates
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Results
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Democratic primary
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Candidates
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Withdrawn
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Declined
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Campaign
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Krebs ran with the support of organized labor and the
Hubert Humphrey
presidential campaign, while Gaby ran as a reform candidate and aligned himself with
George McGovern
's campaign.
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Results
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Although McGovern won the state's presidential preference primary easily, Krebs defeated Gaby by roughly 50,000 votes.
General election
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Candidates
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- Clifford Case
, incumbent Senator since 1955 (Republican)
- A. Howard Freund, (American)
- Paul J. Krebs
, former U.S. Representative from
Livingston
(Democratic)
- Jules Levin
, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1966 (Socialist Labor)
- Charles W. Wiley, (Independent)
Campaign
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From the start of the post-primary campaign, Krebs faced "virtually insurmountable political odds."
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Results
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