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1972 United States Senate election in Kansas Kansas presidential no 1966 United States Senate election in Kansas 1966 1978 United States Senate election in Kansas 1978 November 7, 1972 James B. Pearson File:James B. Pearson (R-KS).jpg 150x150px Republican Party (United States) 622,591 71.42% Archibald O. Tetzlaff 3x4.svg Democratic Party (United States) 200,764 23.03% 1972 United States Senate election in Kansas results map by county.svg 270px County results
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The 1972 United States Senate election in Kansas took place on November 7, 1972, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election, elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James B. Pearson defeated Democratic nominee Arch O. Tetzlaff with 71.42% of the vote.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on August 1, 1972.Valeo Francis R. Hupman Richard D. 1972 Factual Campaign Information State Primary Elections, 1972, by dates https://books.google.com/books?id=HOHrTH2ZxfIC&pg=PA6 Washington D.C. United States Government Printing Office 6
Democratic primary
Candidates
Archibald O. Tetzlaff, anesthesiologist,King Seth November 9, 1972 Midwest's Independence Survives Sweep by Nixon https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/09/archives/midwests-independence-survives-sweep-by-nixon.html New York Times New York, N.Y. 20 6 July 2021 Winter 2012–2013 Letter to the Editors https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-history-winter-2012-2013/18192 Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains 35 4 266 Lawrence, Kansas Kansas Historical Foundation 6 July 2021 Kay Wins In Upset https://riponsociety.org/riponforum/1972-08_VolVIII_No16.pdf Ripon Forum VIII 16 Ripon Society, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts August 15, 1972 5 unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for Kansas's 3rd congressional district in 1970
Results
Democratic primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 121America Votes 10 143
Archibald O. Tetzlaff Democratic Party (United States) unopposed
Republican primary
Candidates
Harlan D. House, farmer Incumbents Win Primaries http://www.digifind-it.comp/redbank/_1960-1979/1972/1972-08-02.pdf The Daily Register Red Bank, N.J. 2 August 1972 3 6 July 2021 July 2026 InternetArchiveBot
James B. Pearson, incumbent U.S. senator
Results
Republican primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 121America Votes 10 143https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=339037 KS US Senate, 1972 - R Primary Our Campaigns 5 July 2021
James B. Pearson (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 229,908 82.19%
Harlan D. House Republican Party (United States) 49,825 17.81%
279,733 100.00%
General election
Candidates
Howard Hadin (P), perennial candidate
Gene F. Miller (C)
James B. Pearson (R)
Archibald O. Tetzlaff (D)
Results
1972 United States Senate election in KansasCongressional Quarterly 1998 86America Votes 10 134https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6487 KS US Senate, 1972 Our Campaigns 5 July 2021Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf 5 July 2021 United States Government Printing Office Clerk.house.gov
Republican Party (US)
James B. Pearson (incumbent)
622,591
71.42
Democratic Party (US)
Archibald O. Tetzlaff
200,764
23.03
Conservative Party (US)
Gene F. Miller
35,510
4.07
Prohibition Party
Howard Hadin
12,857
1.48
421,827
48.39
871,722
Republican Party (US)
See also
1972 United States Senate elections
References
Bibliography
Congressional Elections, 1946-1996 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-248-4 Congressional Quarterly 1998
Scammon Richard M. America Votes 10: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1972 1973 Washington, D.C. Governmental Affairs Institute 1973 https://archive.org/details/americavotes10ha00scam/mode/2up America Votes 10
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