1972 United States Senate election in New Jersey

none March 2026 September 2023 1972 United States Senate election in New Jersey New Jersey Presidential no 84%https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/other/2022-1925-general-election-data.pdf General Election Data - 1924 to 2022 NJ.gov ( 13pp) 1966 United States Senate election in New Jersey 1966 1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey 1978 November 7, 1972 File:Clifford P Case.jpg 150x150px Clifford P. Case Republican Party (United States) 1,743,854 62.46% File:Paul J. Krebs.jpg Paul J. Krebs Democratic Party (United States) 963,573 34.51% 1972 United States Senate election in New Jersey results map by county.svg 280px County resultsCase: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Clifford P. Case Republican Party (United States) Clifford P. Case Republican Party (United States) The 1972 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican Clifford P. Case defeated Democratic nominee Paul J. Krebs with 62.46% of the vote. Primary elections were held on June 6.https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1972-primary-election.pdf 1972 Primary Election Results Secretary of State of New Jersey 1972 March 20, 2019 Case turned away a challenge from conservative doctor James Ralph.Insurgents' Victory Is Likely in Jersey https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1972/06/06/81897055.html 2025-04-01 The New York Times en 0362-4331 Krebs won a large plurality in the Democratic primary over Daniel Gaby and Joseph Karcher. As of , this was the last time the Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in New Jersey,Nicholas F. Brady was appointed in the Class 1 seat in 1982, following the resignation of Harrison A. Williams, while Jeffrey Chiesa was appointed in this same Class 2 seat in 2013, following the death of Frank Lautenberg. the second longest such drought for Republicans in any state after Hawaii (since 1970). Case outperformed Richard Nixon's vote share in the concurrent presidential election by 0.89%. Republican primary Candidates Clifford P. Case, incumbent U.S. senator James W. Ralph, Bergen County physician and candidate for state senate in 19714 DEMOCRATS SEEK TO OPPOSE CASE; But Jersey Senator Is Rated as Virtually Unbeatable https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1972/05/14/91330410.html 2025-04-01 The New York Times en 0362-4331 Results Republican primary results Clifford P. Case (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 187,268 70.13% James W. Ralph Republican Party (United States) 79,766 29.87% 267,034 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates Daniel M. Gaby, Somerset County advertising executive and chair of the Democratic Policy Councilhttps://newjerseyglobe.com/labor/labor-leader-paul-j-krebs-last-president-of-nj-cio-served-one-term-in-congress/ Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress 2 Sep 2019 David Wildstein 20 Jan 2020 Joseph T. Karcher, Sayreville borough attorney and former state assemblyman Henry Kielbasa, Linden railroad worker Paul J. Krebs, former U.S. representative from Livingston Withdrawn Patrick McGahn, chair of the Atlantic County Democratic Committee Declined Edward Crabiel, minority leader of the New Jersey Senate Campaign Krebs ran with the support of organized labor and the Hubert Humphrey presidential campaign, as well as the party establishment in Essex, Hudson and Passaic counties, while Gaby ran as a reform candidate and aligned himself with George McGovern's campaign.VICTORS IN JERSEY SEEK PARTY RULE https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/08/archives/victors-in-jersey-seek-party-rule-mcgoverns-triumph-called-blow-to.html The New York Times 8 Jun 1972 39 Sullivan Ronald Results Although McGovern won the state's presidential delegate primary easily over Hubert Humphrey, Krebs defeated Gaby by roughly 50,000 votes. Democratic primary results Paul J. Krebs Democratic Party (United States) 135,000 43.16% Daniel M. Gaby Democratic Party (United States) 86,213 27.56% Joseph T. Karcher Democratic Party (United States) 51,321 16.41% Henry Kielbasa Democratic Party (United States) 40,235 12.86% 312,769 100.00% General election Candidates Clifford Case, incumbent senator since 1955 (Republican) A. Howard Freund, Roselle Park resident (American) Paul J. Krebs, former U.S. representative from Livingston (Democratic) Jules Levin, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1966 (Socialist Labor) Charles W. Wiley (Independent) Campaign From the start of the post-primary campaign, Krebs faced "virtually insurmountable political odds." Results 1972 United States Senate election in New Jerseyhttps://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1972-general-election.pdf 1972 General Election Results Secretary of State of New Jersey 1972 March 20, 2019 Republican Party (United States) Clifford P. Case (incumbent) 1,743,854 62.46% 2.44 Democratic Party (United States) Paul J. Krebs 963,573 34.51% 2.47 American Party (1969) A. Howard Freund 40,980 1.47% N/A Independent politician Charles W. Wiley 33,442 1.20% N/A Socialist Labor Party of America Jules Levin 10,058 0.36% 0.12 780,281 2,791,907 Republican Party (United States) By county County Case % Case votes Krebs % Krebs votes Other % Other votes Atlantic 65.6% 46,780 32.6% 23,219 1.8% 1,280 Bergen 64.4% 265,008 32.5% 133,449 3.1% 12,773 Burlington 68.6% 73,019 29.8% 31,674 1.6% 1,672 Camden 62.8% 112,303 35.4% 63,369 1.7% 3,096 Cape May 74.4% 21,564 23.4% 6,790 2.2% 644 Cumberland 66.1% 28,182 33.1% 14,133 0.9% 347 Essex 52.5% 163,583 44.2% 137,821 3.3% 10,359 Gloucester 66.1% 45,000 32.9% 22,403 1.0% 668 Hudson 54.7% 116,766 43.1% 92,076 2.2% 4,749 Hunterdon 68.9% 19,973 27.4% 7,934 3.7% 1,087 Mercer 62.6% 74,504 35.0% 41,697 2.4% 2,906 Middlesex 60.3% 138,524 35.6% 81,827 4.1% 9,390 Monmouth 66.0% 116,251 31.4% 55,233 2.6% 4,615 Morris 67.2% 104,216 28.8% 44,704 3.9% 6,128 Ocean 69.1% 69,621 27.4% 27,643 3.4% 3,483Passaic 61.3% 97,304 35.1% 55,741 3.6% 5,768 Salem 65.3% 15,780 33.8% 8,164 1.0% 217 Somerset 65.1% 52,475 29.0% 23,384 5.9% 4,708 Sussex 70.1% 23,648 26.8% 9,029 3.1% 1,044 Union 62.8% 140,625 33.1% 74,010 4.1% 9,242 Warren 66.2% 18,728 32.8% 9,273 1.1% 304 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Hudson Notes References 1972 New Jersey United States Senate