1972 United States Senate election in Minnesota

The 1972 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Walter Mondale won re-election. Minnesota was one of fifteen states, alongside Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, 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. Four years later, Mondale was elected vice president on the Democratic ticket with former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. == Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary == === Candidates === ==== Declared ==== Ralph E. Franklin Tom Griffin Richard "Dick" Leaf Walter Mondale, incumbent U.S. senator since 1964 === Results === == Republican primary == === Candidates === ==== Declared ==== Phil Hansen, Lutheran minister === Results === == General election == === Results === == See also == 1972 United States Senate elections == References ==