Election Name: | 1972 United States Senate election in Nebraska |
Country: | Nebraska |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1966 United States Senate election in Nebraska |
Previous Year: | 1966 |
Next Election: | 1978 United States Senate election in Nebraska |
Next Year: | 1978 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1972 |
Nominee1: | Carl Curtis |
Image1: | CURTIS, Carl Thomas,.jpg |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 301,841 |
Percentage1: | 53.16% |
Nominee2: | Terry Carpenter |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 265,922 |
Percentage2: | 46.84% |
Map Size: | 300px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Carl Curtis |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Carl Curtis |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1972 Nebraska United States Senate election was held on November 7, 1972 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Nebraska. Republican U.S. Senator Carl Curtis won re-election.
This was the last time until 1996 that a Republican won a U.S. Senate election in Nebraska.