The 1972 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 7, 1972.
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 County results Sparkman: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Blount: 50–60% LeFlore: 40–50% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Sparkman
- 30–40%
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
Allen
- 30–40%
- 40–50%
Incumbent Senator John Sparkman was re-elected to a fifth full term in office over Postmaster General Winton Blount. Alabama was one of fifteen states alongside Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota and West Virginia won by Republican President Richard Nixon in 1972 that elected Democrats to the United States Senate.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Melba Till Allen, Alabama State Auditor
- Sam Chestnut, Jr.
- Robert Edington, State Representative
- Jimmy Harper
- Lambert C. Mims, Mobile City Commissioner
- John Sparkman, incumbent Senator
- Charles Sullins
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Sparkman (Incumbent) | 331,838 | 50.25 | |
| Democratic | Melba Till Allen | 194,690 | 29.48 | |
| Democratic | Lambert C. Mims | 87,461 | 13.25 | |
| Democratic | Robert Edington | 22,145 | 3.35 | |
| Democratic | Charles Sullins | 12,164 | 1.84 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Harper | 7,523 | 1.14 | |
| Democratic | Sam Chestnut Jr. | 4,519 | 0.68 | |
| Total votes | 660,340 | 100.00 | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
- Winton Blount, Postmaster General of the United States
- Doris B. Callahan
- James D. Martin, former U.S. Representative from Alabama's 7th congressional district
- Bert Nettles, state representative from Mobile County
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Winton Blount | 27,736 | 54.16 | |
| Republican | James D. Martin | 16,800 | 32.81 | |
| Republican | Bert Nettles | 5,765 | 11.26 | |
| Republican | Doris Callahan | 909 | 1.78 | |
| Total votes | 51,210 | 100.00 | ||
Independents and third parties
Alabama Conservative
- Herbert W. Stone
Alabama National Democratic
- John L. LeFlore, founder of Alabama NAACP and civil rights activist
Prohibition
- Jerome B. Couch, nominee for Governor in 1970
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Sparkman (Incumbent) | 654,491 | 62.27 |  2.20 | |
| Republican | Winton Blount | 347,523 | 33.06 |  5.94 | |
| National Democratic Party of Alabama | John L. LeFlore | 31,421 | 2.99 | N/A | |
| Prohibition | Jerome Couch | 10,826 | 1.03 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Herbert W. Stone | 6,838 | 0.65 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 1,051,099 | 100.00 | |||
Results by county
| County | John Jackson Sparkman Democratic | Winton M. Blount junior Republican | John L. LeFlore National Democratic | Jerome B. Couch Prohibition | Herbert W. Stone Alabama Conservative | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Autauga | 4,949 | 64.70% | 2,455 | 32.10% | 48 | 0.63% | 127 | 1.66% | 70 | 0.92% | 2,494 | 32.61% | 7,649 |
| Baldwin | 10,477 | 55.62% | 7,766 | 41.23% | 248 | 1.32% | 243 | 1.29% | 103 | 0.55% | 2,711 | 14.39% | 18,837 |
| Barbour | 5,119 | 69.48% | 1,974 | 26.79% | 63 | 0.86% | 163 | 2.21% | 49 | 0.67% | 3,145 | 42.68% | 7,368 |
| Bibb | 2,987 | 69.72% | 1,243 | 29.01% | 23 | 0.54% | 1 | 0.02% | 30 | 0.70% | 1,744 | 40.71% | 4,284 |
| Blount | 5,336 | 60.40% | 3,433 | 38.86% | 14 | 0.16% | 26 | 0.29% | 26 | 0.29% | 1,903 | 21.54% | 8,835 |
| Bullock | 2,155 | 43.99% | 876 | 17.88% | 1,785 | 36.44% | 60 | 1.22% | 23 | 0.47% | 370[a] | 7.55% | 4,899 |
| Butler | 4,320 | 65.11% | 2,275 | 34.29% | 22 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.08% | 13 | 0.20% | 2,045 | 30.82% | 6,635 |
| Calhoun | 17,338 | 63.07% | 9,528 | 34.66% | 359 | 1.31% | 77 | 0.28% | 187 | 0.68% | 7,810 | 28.41% | 27,489 |
| Chambers | 6,804 | 59.80% | 4,310 | 37.88% | 64 | 0.56% | 139 | 1.22% | 60 | 0.53% | 2,494 | 21.92% | 11,377 |
| Cherokee | 3,299 | 73.10% | 1,133 | 25.11% | 25 | 0.55% | 39 | 0.86% | 17 | 0.38% | 2,166 | 47.99% | 4,513 |
| Chilton | 5,396 | 57.71% | 3,833 | 40.99% | 62 | 0.66% | 15 | 0.16% | 44 | 0.47% | 1,563 | 16.72% | 9,350 |
| Choctaw | 3,642 | 69.13% | 1,362 | 25.85% | 247 | 4.69% | 3 | 0.06% | 14 | 0.27% | 2,280 | 43.28% | 5,268 |
| Clarke | 5,237 | 67.35% | 2,282 | 29.35% | 76 | 0.98% | 139 | 1.79% | 42 | 0.54% | 2,955 | 38.00% | 7,776 |
| Clay | 2,752 | 59.02% | 1,887 | 40.47% | 10 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.19% | 865 | 18.55% | 4,663 |
| Cleburne | 2,356 | 57.73% | 1,709 | 41.88% | 7 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.12% | 647 | 15.85% | 4,081 |
| Coffee | 8,065 | 69.18% | 3,457 | 29.65% | 42 | 0.36% | 70 | 0.60% | 24 | 0.21% | 4,608 | 39.53% | 11,658 |
| Colbert | 12,732 | 71.32% | 4,221 | 23.64% | 536 | 3.00% | 178 | 1.00% | 185 | 1.04% | 8,511 | 47.68% | 17,852 |
| Conecuh | 3,567 | 73.09% | 1,238 | 25.37% | 38 | 0.78% | 13 | 0.27% | 24 | 0.49% | 2,329 | 47.73% | 4,880 |
| Coosa | 2,429 | 67.27% | 1,171 | 32.43% | 6 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,258 | 34.84% | 3,611 |
| Covington | 7,302 | 63.73% | 4,103 | 35.81% | 25 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.05% | 22 | 0.19% | 3,199 | 27.92% | 11,458 |
| Crenshaw | 3,305 | 70.74% | 1,189 | 25.45% | 79 | 1.69% | 85 | 1.82% | 14 | 0.30% | 2,116 | 45.29% | 4,672 |
| Cullman | 12,009 | 61.02% | 7,601 | 38.62% | 17 | 0.09% | 28 | 0.14% | 27 | 0.14% | 4,408 | 22.40% | 19,682 |
| Dale | 6,500 | 62.50% | 3,739 | 35.95% | 33 | 0.32% | 95 | 0.91% | 33 | 0.32% | 2,761 | 26.55% | 10,400 |
| Dallas | 9,295 | 63.99% | 4,858 | 33.44% | 293 | 2.02% | 6 | 0.04% | 74 | 0.51% | 4,437 | 30.55% | 14,526 |
| DeKalb | 7,309 | 52.23% | 6,632 | 47.39% | 24 | 0.17% | 15 | 0.11% | 14 | 0.10% | 677 | 4.84% | 13,994 |
| Elmore | 6,873 | 62.26% | 3,859 | 34.95% | 41 | 0.37% | 194 | 1.76% | 73 | 0.66% | 3,014 | 27.30% | 11,040 |
| Escambia | 7,058 | 70.39% | 2,842 | 28.34% | 68 | 0.68% | 14 | 0.14% | 45 | 0.45% | 4,216 | 42.05% | 10,027 |
| Etowah | 19,265 | 65.33% | 9,648 | 32.72% | 313 | 1.06% | 91 | 0.31% | 170 | 0.58% | 9,617 | 32.61% | 29,487 |
| Fayette | 3,601 | 67.16% | 1,735 | 32.36% | 6 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.17% | 11 | 0.21% | 1,866 | 34.80% | 5,362 |
| Franklin | 4,620 | 55.04% | 3,684 | 43.89% | 48 | 0.57% | 25 | 0.30% | 17 | 0.20% | 936 | 11.15% | 8,394 |
| Geneva | 5,037 | 67.84% | 2,328 | 31.35% | 35 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.09% | 18 | 0.24% | 2,709 | 36.48% | 7,425 |
| Greene | 1,070 | 22.18% | 643 | 13.33% | 3,054 | 63.31% | 2 | 0.04% | 55 | 1.14% | -1,984[a] | -41.13% | 4,824 |
| Hale | 3,102 | 57.68% | 1,038 | 19.30% | 1,012 | 18.82% | 123 | 2.29% | 103 | 1.92% | 2,064 | 38.38% | 5,378 |
| Henry | 2,857 | 64.13% | 1,580 | 35.47% | 8 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.11% | 1,277 | 28.66% | 4,455 |
| Houston | 7,349 | 46.09% | 8,118 | 50.92% | 269 | 1.69% | 134 | 0.84% | 74 | 0.46% | -769 | -4.82% | 15,944 |
| Jackson | 7,794 | 73.57% | 2,574 | 24.30% | 61 | 0.58% | 94 | 0.89% | 71 | 0.67% | 5,220 | 49.27% | 10,594 |
| Jefferson | 124,540 | 61.44% | 68,998 | 34.04% | 4,025 | 1.99% | 3,189 | 1.57% | 1,953 | 0.96% | 55,542 | 27.40% | 202,705 |
| Lamar | 3,463 | 77.77% | 972 | 21.83% | 10 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.09% | 2,491 | 55.94% | 4,453 |
| Lauderdale | 15,755 | 71.16% | 5,577 | 25.19% | 290 | 1.31% | 329 | 1.49% | 190 | 0.86% | 10,178 | 45.97% | 22,141 |
| Lawrence | 4,559 | 73.17% | 1,645 | 26.40% | 16 | 0.26% | 11 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,914 | 46.77% | 6,231 |
| Lee | 9,090 | 57.92% | 6,147 | 39.17% | 166 | 1.06% | 217 | 1.38% | 73 | 0.47% | 2,943 | 18.75% | 15,693 |
| Limestone | 6,528 | 70.83% | 2,452 | 26.60% | 47 | 0.51% | 140 | 1.52% | 50 | 0.54% | 4,076 | 44.22% | 9,217 |
| Lowndes | 2,305 | 45.84% | 881 | 17.52% | 1,692 | 33.65% | 101 | 2.01% | 49 | 0.97% | 613[a] | 12.19% | 5,028 |
| Macon | 5,319 | 78.60% | 978 | 14.45% | 185 | 2.73% | 213 | 3.15% | 72 | 1.06% | 4,341 | 64.15% | 6,767 |
| Madison | 36,660 | 66.79% | 16,807 | 30.62% | 680 | 1.24% | 436 | 0.79% | 303 | 0.55% | 19,853 | 36.17% | 54,886 |
| Marengo | 5,569 | 66.19% | 1,848 | 21.96% | 868 | 10.32% | 54 | 0.64% | 75 | 0.89% | 3,721 | 44.22% | 8,414 |
| Marion | 4,551 | 63.29% | 2,624 | 36.49% | 6 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,927 | 26.80% | 7,191 |
| Marshall | 10,829 | 63.52% | 5,840 | 34.26% | 79 | 0.46% | 211 | 1.24% | 89 | 0.52% | 4,989 | 29.26% | 17,048 |
| Mobile | 52,697 | 58.45% | 31,815 | 35.29% | 4,002 | 4.44% | 920 | 1.02% | 721 | 0.80% | 20,882 | 23.16% | 90,155 |
| Monroe | 5,137 | 67.88% | 2,147 | 28.37% | 195 | 2.58% | 16 | 0.21% | 73 | 0.96% | 2,990 | 39.51% | 7,568 |
| Montgomery | 29,587 | 58.66% | 18,718 | 37.11% | 990 | 1.96% | 821 | 1.63% | 321 | 0.64% | 10,869 | 21.55% | 50,437 |
| Morgan | 17,385 | 67.80% | 7,575 | 29.54% | 183 | 0.71% | 378 | 1.47% | 119 | 0.46% | 9,810 | 38.26% | 25,640 |
| Perry | 2,769 | 49.19% | 1,117 | 19.84% | 1,713 | 30.43% | 5 | 0.09% | 25 | 0.44% | 1,056[a] | 18.76% | 5,629 |
| Pickens | 3,452 | 56.63% | 1,586 | 26.02% | 1,025 | 16.81% | 6 | 0.10% | 27 | 0.44% | 1,866 | 30.61% | 6,096 |
| Pike | 4,883 | 62.01% | 2,777 | 35.27% | 61 | 0.77% | 115 | 1.46% | 38 | 0.48% | 2,106 | 26.75% | 7,874 |
| Randolph | 3,688 | 59.84% | 2,317 | 37.60% | 33 | 0.54% | 80 | 1.30% | 45 | 0.73% | 1,371 | 22.25% | 6,163 |
| Russell | 5,500 | 56.85% | 3,513 | 36.31% | 181 | 1.87% | 326 | 3.37% | 154 | 1.59% | 1,987 | 20.54% | 9,674 |
| Shelby | 7,312 | 62.24% | 4,144 | 35.27% | 53 | 0.45% | 157 | 1.34% | 83 | 0.71% | 3,168 | 26.96% | 11,749 |
| St. Clair | 5,255 | 58.08% | 3,474 | 38.40% | 71 | 0.78% | 113 | 1.25% | 135 | 1.49% | 1,781 | 19.68% | 9,048 |
| Sumter | 2,614 | 46.45% | 1,072 | 19.05% | 1,901 | 33.78% | 9 | 0.16% | 32 | 0.57% | 713[a] | 12.67% | 5,628 |
| Talladega | 12,398 | 70.83% | 4,942 | 28.23% | 102 | 0.58% | 18 | 0.10% | 45 | 0.26% | 7,456 | 42.59% | 17,505 |
| Tallapoosa | 7,465 | 65.42% | 3,654 | 32.02% | 59 | 0.52% | 171 | 1.50% | 62 | 0.54% | 3,811 | 33.40% | 11,411 |
| Tuscaloosa | 20,413 | 65.41% | 9,104 | 29.17% | 995 | 3.19% | 493 | 1.58% | 204 | 0.65% | 11,309 | 36.24% | 31,209 |
| Walker | 13,171 | 66.76% | 6,447 | 32.68% | 22 | 0.11% | 17 | 0.09% | 72 | 0.36% | 6,724 | 34.08% | 19,729 |
| Washington | 3,138 | 68.62% | 1,391 | 30.42% | 29 | 0.63% | 8 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.15% | 1,747 | 38.20% | 4,573 |
| Wilcox | 2,270 | 36.67% | 1,174 | 18.96% | 2,679 | 43.27% | 26 | 0.42% | 42 | 0.68% | -409[a] | -6.61% | 6,191 |
| Winston | 2,883 | 45.34% | 3,463 | 54.46% | 2 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.06% | -580 | -9.12% | 6,359 |
| Total | 654,491 | 62.27% | 347,523 | 33.06% | 31,421 | 2.99% | 10,826 | 1.03% | 6,838 | 0.65% | 306,968 | 29.20% | 1,051,099 |
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