1972 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 August 2020 1972 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary New Hampshire 1931 presidential no 1968 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary 1968 1976 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary 1976 1972 03 07 Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg Richard Nixon d30036 California 79,239 67.6% Margin by county Nixon: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% center Winner by municipality #d30036ff Nixon#37c837ff McCloskey#d3d3d3ff No vote Pete McCloskey California 23,180 19.8% Pete McCloskey.jpg x160px 37c837 Ohio JohnMAshbrook.jpg 1E90FF John M. Ashbrook 11,362 9.7% x250px County results x250px Municipality results 1972 Republican Party presidential primaries The 1972 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary was held on March 7, 1972, in New Hampshire as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1972 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Richard Nixon faced his first major test in New Hampshire against two minor challengers: liberal anti-Vietnam war candidate Pete McCloskey of California and conservative John Ashbrook of Ohio, who opposed Nixon's détente policies towards China and the Soviet Union. Nixon won the Granite State in a landslide, resulting in the withdrawal of McCloskey from the primaries (he promised to do so if he failed to reach >20% of the vote) and a clear path for the incumbent president to receive the Republican nomination.NH Elections Database » 1972 President Republican Primary https://nh.electionstats.com/elections/view/63024/ 2024-04-08 NH Elections Database en-USNew Hampshire. Dept. of State http://archive.org/details/manualforgeneral43newh Manual for the General Court 1973 Concord, N.H. : Dept. of State University of New Hampshire Library 295, 306Times Wallace Turner Special to The New York 1972-03-11 McCloskey Drops Challenge to Nixon https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/11/archives/mccloskey-drops-challenge-to-nixon-mccloskey-abandons-challenge-to.html 2024-04-08 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Results 1972 Republican Party primary in New HampshireGuide to U.S. Elections CQ Press 2010 9781604265361 Kalb Deborah 6th Washington, DC 412–415 Richard M. Nixon (incumbent) 79,239 67.6 Paul N. McCloskey 23,190 19.8 John M. Ashbrook 11,362 9.7 Others 3,417 2.9 117,208 100.0 References Republican primary New Hampshire Category:New Hampshire Republican primaries