1972 United States Senate election in Colorado

none March 2026 September 2023 1972 United States Senate election in Colorado Colorado presidential no 1966 United States Senate election in Colorado 1966 1978 United States Senate election in Colorado 1978 November 7, 1972 150x150px FloydHaskell.jpg Floyd Haskell Democratic Party (US) 457,545 49.41% Gordon L Allott.jpg Gordon Allott Republican Party (US) 447,957 48.37% 1972 United States Senate election in Colorado results map by county.svg 250px County resultsHaskell: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Allott: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator Gordon Allott Republican Party (US) Floyd Haskell Democratic Party (US) The 1972 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1972. Republican candidate and incumbent United States Senator Gordon Allott ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was narrowly defeated by Democratic candidate and 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 Candidates Floyd Haskell, former Democratic state representative from Littleton Anthony Vollack, state senator from Arvada Results 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. 1972 Democratic U.S. Senate primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=225334 Our Campaigns - CO US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 14, 1978 Floyd Haskell Democratic Party (United States) 77,574 58.83% Anthony Vollack Democratic Party (United States) 54,298 41.18% 131,872 100.00% General election Results General election resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6483 Our Campaigns - CO US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1972 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives U.S. Government Printing Office 1973 Democratic Party (United States) Floyd Haskell 457,545 49.41% 7.48 Republican Party (United States) Gordon Allott (incumbent) 447,957 48.37% 9.65 Raza Unida Party Secundino Salazar 13,228 1.43% N/A American Party (1969) Henry John Olshaw 7,353 0.79% N/A 926,083 100.00% N/A Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) See also 1972 United States Senate elections References 1972 Colorado United States Senate