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1976 United States Senate election in Indiana

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1976 United States Senate election in Indiana

← 1970 November 2, 1976 1982 →
 
Nominee Richard Lugar Vance Hartke
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,275,833 868,522
Percentage 59.0% 40.2%

County Results
Lugar:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Hartke:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Vance Hartke
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Richard Lugar
Republican

The 1976 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Vance Hartke ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was defeated by Republican challenger Richard Lugar.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Lugar 1,275,833 59.03%
Democratic Vance Hartke (incumbent) 868,522 40.19%
Independent politician Don L. Lee 14,321 0.66%
U.S. Labor David Lee Hoagland 2,511 0.12%
Majority 407,311 18.85%
Turnout 2,161,187
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

References