1972 United States Senate election in Alabama

none March 2026 September 2023 1972 United States Senate election in Alabama Alabama presidential no 1966 United States Senate election in Alabama 1966 1978 United States Senate election in Alabama 1978 November 7, 1972 150x150px John J. Sparkman (cropped).jpg John Sparkman Democratic Party (US) 654,491 62.27% Winton_M._Blount.jpg Winton Blount Republican Party (US) 347,523 33.06% 1972 United States Senate election in Alabama results map by county.svg 250px County resultsSparkman: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Blount: #e27f7f 50–60%LeFlore: #d3d3d3ff 40–50% #7e7e7eff 60–70% U.S. Senator John Sparkman Democratic Party (US) John Sparkman Democratic Party (US) thumb|Democratic primary results by county #7996E2 Sparkman #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #5fd35f Allen #AAE5AA 30–40% #87de87 40–50% The 1972 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 7, 1972. 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 1972 Democratic U.S. Senate primary AL US Senate - D Primary https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=113007 OurCampaigns 12 August 2019 Democratic Party (US) John Sparkman (incumbent) 331,838 50.25 Democratic Party (US) Melba Till Allen 194,690 29.48 Democratic Party (US) Lambert C. Mims 87,461 13.25 Democratic Party (US) Robert Edington 22,145 3.35 Democratic Party (US) Charles Sullins 12,164 1.84 Democratic Party (US) Jimmy Harper 7,523 1.14 Democratic Party (US) Sam Chestnut Jr. 4,519 0.68 660,340 100.00 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 1972 Republican U.S. Senate primary AL US Senate - R Primary https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=388730 OurCampaigns 12 August 2019 Republican Party (US) Winton Blount 27,736 54.16 Republican Party (US) James D. Martin 16,800 32.81 Republican Party (US) Bert Nettles 5,765 11.26 Republican Party (US) Doris Callahan 909 1.78 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 1972 United States Senate election in Alabama AL US Senate Race — November 07, 1972 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3309 OurCampaigns 18 August 2019 Democratic Party (US) John Sparkman (incumbent) 654,491 62.27 2.20 Republican Party (US) Winton Blount 347,523 33.06 5.94 National Democratic Party of Alabama John L. LeFlore 31,421 2.99 N/A Prohibition Party (US) Jerome Couch 10,826 1.03 N/A Conservative Party (US) Herbert W. Stone 6,838 0.65 N/A 1,051,099 100.00 Results by county +1972 United States Senate election in Alabama by countyCountyJohn Jackson SparkmanDemocraticWinton M. Blount juniorRepublicanJohn L. LeFloreNational DemocraticJerome B. CouchProhibitionHerbert W. StoneAlabama ConservativeMarginTotal 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"FloredBlount" In this county where Blount ran third behind Sparkman and LeFlore, margin given is Sparkman vote minus LeFlore vote and percentage margin Sparkman percentage minus LeFlore percentage. 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"FloredBlount" -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"FloredBlount" 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"FloredBlount" 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"FloredBlount" 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"FloredBlount" -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% 6,359Total654,49162.27%347,52333.06%31,4212.99%10,8261.03%6,8380.65%306,96829.20%1,051,099 See also 1972 United States Senate elections Notes References 1972 Alabama United States Senate