1972 United States Senate election in Texas

United States Senate election in Texas, 1972

November 7, 1972

Nominee John G. Tower Barefoot Sanders Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,822,877 1,511,985 Percentage 53.4% 44.3%

U.S. senator before election John G. Tower Republican Elected U.S. Senator John G. Tower Republican

The 1972 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John G. Tower won re-election to a third term.

Major candidates

Democratic

• Barefoot Sanders, U.S. District Judge of North Texas and former State Representative

Republican

• John G. Tower, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1961

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Tower	1,822,877	53.4%
	Democratic	Barefoot Sanders	1,511,985	44.3%
	La Raza Unida	Flores Amaya	63,543	1.9%
	Socialist Workers	Tom Leonard	14,464	0.4%