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United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1972

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November 7, 1972

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Winner
  
Edward Brooke

The United States Senate election of 1972 in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1972 with the incumbent Republican Senator Edward Brooke defeating his challengers.

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Democratic

  • John J. Droney - Middlesex County District Attorney. Served from the late 1950s until he was defeated for re-election in 1982 by Scott Harshbarger.
  • Gerald O'Leary, Boston City Councilor
  • John P. Lynch, Hampden County Register of Deeds

    • Republican

  • Edward Brooke - Incumbent Senator first elected in 1966. Was the first African-American elected to the Senate by popular vote.

    • Socialist Workers

  • Donald Gurewitz

    • References

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