1972Final results
1972 Republican primary for Missouri Senate District 23
Missouri State Senate · Missouri
Ralph Uthlaut (R) won with 41.2% of the vote, defeating Buell Baclesse (R) by 6.3 points.
Ralph UthlautRepublican · winner
41.2%6,838
Buell BaclesseRepublican
34.9%5,787
Merrill TownleyRepublican
12.2%2,030
Robert E. SchollmeyerRepublican
11.7%1,943
16,598 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET