1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Missouri State Senate election results, district by district
Every Missouri State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 34 seats
After the electionD 21 · R 13
Races17
Changed party0
Unopposed53%9 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 10 · R 7
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Donald J. Gralike (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Lawrence J. Lee (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Raymond Howard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | A. Clifford Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Mary L. Gant (D) | 40.5 | |
| SD-11 | Jasper M. Brancato (D) | 39.5 | |
| SD-13 | Maurice Schechter (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 | Frank Bild (R) | 11.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-17 | William Baxter Waters (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 | Larry R. Marshall (R) | 4.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-21 | John C. Ryan (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 | Ralph Uthlaut (R) | 10.6 | |
| SD-25 | Nelson Tinnin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 | A. M. Spradling Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | Emory Melton (R) | 37.6 | |
| SD-31 | William J. Cason (D) | 20.1 | |
| SD-33 | James A. Noland (R) | 24.9 |
Missouri State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner