sentences:  Jones was priming for a rematch in 1972, but Belcher didn't have the stomach for another bruising contest and pulled out of the race in June.The Republicans recruited Tulsa Mayor Jim Hewgley as a replacement.However, Jones won the November election by a fairly convincing 11-point margin—a surprising result, considering that Richard Nixon easily carried the 1st in the presidential election (Nixon won Tulsa with a staggering 78 percent of the vote).