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1972 United States Senate election in Minnesota

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1972 United States Senate election in Minnesota
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The 1972 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Walter Mondale won re-election. Minnesota was one of fifteen states alongside Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota and West Virginia that were won by Republican President Richard Nixon in 1972 that elected Democrats to the United States Senate. Four years later, Mondale was elected Vice President on the Democratic ticket with former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.

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Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Ralph E. Franklin
  • Tom Griffin
  • Richard "Dick" Leaf
  • Walter Mondale, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1964

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Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Phil Hansen, Lutheran minister[3]

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General election

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