Election Name: | 1972 United States Senate election in Oregon |
Country: | Oregon |
Flag Year: | 1931 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1966 United States Senate election in Oregon |
Previous Year: | 1966 |
Next Election: | 1978 United States Senate election in Oregon |
Next Year: | 1978 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1972 |
Image1: | File:Mark Hatfield – 1967 (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Mark Hatfield |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 494,671 |
Percentage1: | 53.72% |
Nominee2: | Wayne Morse |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 425,036 |
Percentage2: | 46.16% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Mark Hatfield |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Mark Hatfield |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1972 United States Senate election in Oregon took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican Senator Mark Hatfield was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democrat Wayne Morse.
Primary elections were held on May 23, 1972.
According to the New York Times, the election provided "a choice between two well-known personalities, not issues".[4] Morse, who had supported Hatfield's 1966 campaign, was famously opposed to the Vietnam War, as was Hatfield. Thus, the election was ultimately between two well-known anti-war liberals. Hatfield won a fairly comfortable 54-46 victory, winning all but 3 counties.