| Election Name: | 1972 United States Senate election in New Jersey |
| Country: | New Jersey |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1966 United States Senate election in New Jersey |
| Previous Year: | 1966 |
| Next Election: | 1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1972 |
| Image1: | File:Clifford P Case.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Clifford P. Case |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,743,854 |
| Percentage1: | 62.46% |
| Nominee2: | Paul J. Krebs |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 963,573 |
| Percentage2: | 34.51% |
| Map Size: | 280px |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | Clifford P. Case |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Clifford P. Case |
| After Party: | 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.[1] Case turned away a challenge from James Ralph. Krebs won a large plurality in the Democratic primary over Daniel Gaby and Joseph Karcher.
, this was the last time the Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in New Jersey.
Senator Clifford Philip Case outperformed President Richard Nixon in terms of popular vote percentage by winning 0.89% more than Richard Nixon had won New Jersey with in the concurrent presidential election.
Krebs ran with the support of organized labor and the Hubert Humphrey presidential campaign, while Gaby ran as a reform candidate and aligned himself with George McGovern's campaign.[3]
Although McGovern won the state's presidential preference primary easily, Krebs defeated Gaby by roughly 50,000 votes.
From the start of the post-primary campaign, Krebs faced "virtually insurmountable political odds."[3]