1972 United States Senate election in New Jersey

1972 United States Senate election in New Jersey
November 7, 1972
 
Nominee Clifford P. Case Paul J. Krebs
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,743,854 963,573
Percentage 62.46% 34.51%
County results
Case:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Clifford P. Case
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Clifford P. Case
Republican

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. Case turned away a challenge from conservative doctor James Ralph. Krebs won a large plurality in the Democratic primary over Daniel Gaby and Joseph Karcher.

As of 2025, this was the last time the Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in New Jersey, the second longest such drought for Republicans in any state after Hawaii (since 1970).

Case outperformed Richard Nixon's vote share in the concurrent presidential election by 0.89%.

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