1972Final results
1972 election for Utah Senate District 5
Utah State Senate · Utah
Don Brooke (D) won with 59.2% of the vote, defeating Robert B. Buhler (R) by 18.4 points.
Don BrookeDemocrat · winner
59.2%8,249
Robert B. BuhlerRepublican
40.8%5,682
13,931 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET