1976 United States Senate elections

California election
← 1970 1982 →
U.S. senator before election; John V. Tunney; Democratic	Elected U.S. senator ; S. I. Hayakawa; Republican

Arizona election
← 1970 1982 →
	U.S. Senate election results map.; Blue denotes counties won by DeConcini.; Red denotes those won by Steiger.
U.S. senator before election; Paul Fannin; Republican	Elected U.S. senator ; Dennis DeConcini; Democratic

1976 United States Senate elections
33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate; 51 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the elections:; Democratic gain Democratic hold; Republican gain Republican hold; Independent hold; No election
Majority Leader before election; Mike Mansfield; Democratic	Elected Majority Leader ; Robert Byrd; Democratic

The 1976 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate that coincided with Democratic Jimmy Carter's presidential election and the United States Bicentennial celebration. Although almost half of the seats decided in this election changed parties, Carter's narrow victory did not provide coattails for the Democrats, and the balance of the chamber remained the same.

This was the first election in which the Libertarian Party competed, running candidates in 9 of the 33 contested seats. There were no special elections in this election cycle.

As of 2018 this is the first and so far only time both party leaders retired from the senate in the same election cycle since the creation of the positions.

Retirements

The leaders of both parties retired. Democrats had a net gain of one seat from retirements.

Democratic holds

Michigan: Philip Hart (D) retired and was replaced by Donald Riegle (D).
- Hart then died December 27, 1976 and Riegle was appointed to finish the term.
Montana: Majority leader Mike Mansfield (D) retired and was replaced by John Melcher (D).

Democratic gains

Arizona: Paul Fannin (R) retired and was replaced by Dennis DeConcini (D).
Hawaii: Hiram Fong (R) retired and was replaced by Spark Matsunaga (D).
Nebraska: Roman Hruska (R) retired and was replaced by Edward Zorinsky (D).
- Hruska then resigned December 27, 1976 and Zorinsky was appointed in his place.

Republican hold

Pennsylvania: Hugh Scott (R) retired and was replaced by John Heinz (R).

Republican gains

Missouri: Stuart Symington (D) retired and was replaced by John Danforth (R).
- Symington then resigned December 27, 1976 and Danforth was appointed to finish the term.
Rhode Island: John Pastore (D) retired and was replaced by John Chafee (R).
- Pastore then resigned December 28, 1976 and Chafee was appointed to finish the term.

Incumbents who lost

Republicans had a net gain of one seat from re-election gains.

Democratic gains

From Republicans

Maryland: J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R) lost re-election to Paul Sarbanes (D).
Ohio: Robert Taft Jr. (R) lost re-election to former senator Howard Metzenbaum (D).
- Taft then resigned December 28, 1976. Metzenbaum was appointed to finish the term.
Tennessee: Bill Brock (R) lost re-election to Jim Sasser (D).

From Conservatives

New York: James L. Buckley (C) lost re-election as a Republican to Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D).

Republican gains

California: John V. Tunney (D) lost re-election to S. I. Hayakawa (R).
- Tunney then resigned January 1, 1977 and Hayakawa was appointed to finish the term.
Indiana: Vance Hartke (D) lost re-election to Richard Lugar (R).
New Mexico: Joseph Montoya (D) lost re-election to Harrison Schmitt (R).
Utah: Frank Moss (D) lost re-election to Orrin Hatch (R).
Wyoming: Gale W. McGee (D) lost re-election to Malcolm Wallop (R).

Results summary

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Parties		Total Seats			Popular Vote
Parties		1974	1976	+/-	Vote	%
Democratic Party	60	61	1	31,790,526	53.72%
Republican Party	37	38	1	24,562,431	41.51%
Independent	1	1		1,173,414	1.98%
American Party	0	0		204,556	0.35%
Socialist Worker's Party	0	0		125,528	0.21%
American Independent Party	0	0		110,921	0.19%
Libertarian Party	0	0		78,588	0.13%
Others	1	0	1	1,128,043	1.91%
Total		100	100		59,174,007	100.0%

Source: "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved February 25, 2013.

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections

D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀	D₃₉	D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁ Ran	D₄₂ Ran	D₄₃ Ran	D₄₄ Ran	D₄₅ Ran	D₄₆ Ran	D₄₇ Ran	D₄₈ Ran	D₄₉ Ran	D₅₀ Ran
Majority →									D₅₁ Ran
D₆₀ Retired	D₅₉ Retired	D₅₈ Retired	D₅₇ Ran	D₅₆ Ran	D₅₅ Ran	D₅₄ Ran	D₅₃ Ran	D₅₂ Ran	D₅₁ Ran
D₆₁ Retired	I₁ Ran	C₁ Ran	R₃₇ Retired	R₃₆ Retired	R₃₅ Retired	R₃₄ Retired	R₃₃ Ran	R₃₂ Ran	R₃₁ Ran
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈ Ran	R₂₉ Ran	R₃₀ Ran
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

After the general elections

D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀	D₃₉	D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁ Re-elected	D₄₂ Re-elected	D₄₃ Re-elected	D₄₄ Re-elected	D₄₅ Re-elected	D₄₆ Re-elected	D₄₇ Re-elected	D₄₈ Re-elected	D₄₉ Re-elected	D₅₀ Re-elected
Majority →									D₅₁ Re-elected
D₆₀ Gain	D₅₉ Gain	D₅₈ Gain	D₅₇ Gain	D₅₆ Gain	D₅₅ Gain	D₅₄ Hold	D₅₃ Hold	D₅₂ Re-elected	D₅₁ Re-elected
D₆₁ Gain	I₁ Re-elected	R₃₈ Gain	R₃₇ Gain	R₃₆ Gain	R₃₅ Gain	R₃₄ Gain	R₃₃ Gain	R₃₂ Gain	R₃₁ Hold
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈ Re-elected	R₂₉ Re-elected	R₃₀ Re-elected
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

Key:

C_#	[[Conservative Party of New York State\|Template:Conservative Party (New York)/meta/shortname]]
D_#	Democratic
R_#	Republican
I_#	Independent

Race summaries

Elections leading to the next Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1977; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Arizona	Paul Fannin	Republican	1964 1970	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Dennis DeConcini (Democratic) 54.0% Sam Steiger (Republican) 43.3% Allan Norwitz (Libertarian) 1.0%
California	John V. Tunney	Democratic	1970 1971 (Appointed)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y S. I. Hayakawa (Republican) 50.2% John V. Tunney (Democratic) 46.9%
Connecticut	Lowell Weicker	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Lowell Weicker (Republican) 57.7% Gloria Schaffer (Democratic) 41.2%
Delaware	William Roth	Republican	1970 1971 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Roth (Republican) 55.8% Thomas C. Maloney (Democratic) 43.6%
Florida	Lawton Chiles	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Lawton Chiles (Democratic) 63.0% John Grady (Republican) 37.0%
Hawaii	Hiram Fong	Republican	1959 1964 1970	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Spark Matsunaga (Democratic) 53.7% William F. Quinn (Republican) 40.6%
Indiana	Vance Hartke	Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Richard Lugar (Republican) 58.8% Vance Hartke (Democratic) 40.5%
Maine	Edmund Muskie	Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edmund Muskie (Democratic) 60.2% Robert A. G. Monks (Republican) 39.8%
Maryland	J. Glenn Beall Jr.	Republican	1970	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Paul Sarbanes (Democratic) 56.5% J. Glenn Beall Jr. (Republican) 38.8%
Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy	Democratic	1962 (Special) 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ted Kennedy (Democratic) 69.3% Michael S. Robertson (Republican) 29.0% Carol Henderson Evans (Soc. Workers) 1.1% H. Graham Lowry (U.S. Labor) 0.6%
Michigan	Philip Hart	Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Incumbent died December 26, 1976. Winner appointed December 30, 1976.	Y Donald Riegle (Democratic) 52.5% Marvin L. Esch (Republican) 46.8%
Minnesota	Hubert Humphrey	Democratic	1948 1954 1960 1964 (Resigned) 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) 67.5% Gerald Brekke (Republican) 25.0% Paul Helm (Independent) 6.6%
Mississippi	John C. Stennis	Democratic	1947 (Special) 1952 1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John C. Stennis (Democratic) Unopposed
Missouri	Stuart Symington	Democratic	1952 1958 1964 1970	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y John Danforth (Republican) 56.9% Warren E. Hearnes (Democratic) 42.5% Lawrence Petty (Independent) 0.6%
Montana	Mike Mansfield	Democratic	1952 1958 1964 1970	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Y John Melcher (Democratic) 64.2% Stanley C. Burger (Republican) 35.8%
Nebraska	Roman Hruska	Republican	1954 (Special) 1958 1964 1970	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Edward Zorinsky (Democratic) 52.4% John Y. McCollister (Republican) 47.5%
Nevada	Howard Cannon	Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Howard Cannon (Democratic) 63.0% David Towell (Republican) 31.4%
New Jersey	Harrison A. Williams	Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Harrison A. Williams (Democratic) 60.7% David A. Norcross (Republican) 38.0%
New Mexico	Joseph Montoya	Democratic	1964 (Special) 1964 1970	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Harrison Schmitt (Republican) 56.8% Joseph Montoya (Democratic) 42.7%
New York	James L. Buckley	Conservative	1970	Incumbent lost re-election as a Republican. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Democratic) 54.2% James L. Buckley (Republican) 44.9%
North Dakota	Quentin Burdick	Democratic	1960 (Special) 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Quentin Burdick (Democratic) 62.1% Robert Stroup (Republican) 36.6%
Ohio	Robert Taft Jr.	Republican	1970	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Incumbent resigned December 28, 1976 to give successor preferential seniority. Winner appointed December 29, 1976.	Y Howard Metzenbaum (Democratic) 49.5% Robert Taft Jr. (Republican) 46.5%
Pennsylvania	Hugh Scott	Republican	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y John Heinz (Republican) 52.4% William J. Green III (Democratic) 46.8%
Rhode Island	John Pastore	Democratic	1950 (Special) 1952 1958 1964 1970	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain Incumbent resigned December 28, 1976 to give successor preferential seniority. Winner appointed December 29, 1976.	Y John Chafee (Republican) 57.7% Richard P. Lorber (Democratic) 42.0%
Tennessee	Bill Brock	Republican	1970	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Jim Sasser (Democratic) 52.5% Bill Brock (Republican) 47.0%
Texas	Lloyd Bentsen	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) 56.8% Alan Steelman (Republican) 42.2%
Utah	Frank Moss	Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Orrin Hatch (Republican) 53.7% Frank Moss (Democratic) 44.8%
Vermont	Robert Stafford	Republican	1971 (Appointed) 1972 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert Stafford (Republican) 50.0% Thomas P. Salmon (Democratic) 45.3%
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd Jr.	Independent	1965 (Appointed) 1966 (Special) 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Harry F. Byrd Jr. (Independent) 57.2% Elmo Zumwalt (Democratic) 38.3%
Washington	Henry M. Jackson	Democratic	1952 1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Henry M. Jackson (Democratic) 71.8% George M. Brown (Republican) 24.2%
West Virginia	Robert Byrd	Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert Byrd (Democratic) 99.9%
Wisconsin	William Proxmire	Democratic	1957 (Special) 1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Proxmire (Democratic) 72.2% Stanley York (Republican) 27.0%
Wyoming	Gale W. McGee	Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Malcolm Wallop (Republican) 54.7% Gale W. McGee (Democratic) 45.4%

Arizona

Incumbent Republican Paul Fannin retired instead of seeking a third term. Democratic attorney and businessman Dennis DeConcini won the open seat over Sam Steiger, U.S. Congressman of Arizona's 3rd congressional district.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis DeConcini	400,334	54.01%
	Republican	Sam Steiger	321,236	43.34%
	Independent (US)	Bob Field	10,765	1.45%
	Libertarian	Allan Norwitz	7,310	0.99%
	Independent (US)	Wm. Mathews Feighan	1,565	0.21%
Majority			79,098	8.68%
Turnout			741,210
	Democratic gain from Republican

California

Incumbent Democrat John Tunney ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Republican Sam Hayakawa, President emeritus of San Francisco State University.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	S. I. Hayakawa	3,748,973	50.12%
	Democratic	John V. Tunney (Incumbent)	3,502,862	46.89%
	Peace and Freedom	David Wald	104,383	1.40%
	American Independent	Jack McCoy	82,739	1.11%
	Independent (US)	Omari Musa	31,629	0.42%
Majority			246,111	3.23%
Turnout			7,470,586
	Republican gain from Democratic

Connecticut

Connecticut election

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1982 →


Nominee	Lowell Weicker	Gloria Schaffer
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	785,683	561,018
Percentage	57.7%	41.2%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Lowell Weicker
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Lowell Weicker
Republican

Incumbent Republican Lowell Weicker won re-election to a second term over Gloria Schaffer, Connecticut Secretary of State^[2]

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lowell Weicker (Incumbent)	785,683	57.70%
	Democratic	Gloria Schaffer	561,018	41.20%
	George Wallace	Robert Barnabei	14,407	1.06%
		Others	558	0.0%
Majority			224,665	16.50%
Turnout			1,361,666
	Republican hold

Delaware

Delaware election

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1982 →


Nominee	William Roth	Thomas Maloney
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	125,454	98,042
Percentage	55.8%	43.6%

U.S. senator before election

William Roth
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

William Roth
Republican

Incumbent Republican William Roth won reelection to a second term over Thomas Maloney, Mayor of Wilmington^[3]

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Roth (Incumbent)	125,454	55.81%
	Democratic	Thomas Maloney	98,042	43.61%
	American Party (1969)	Donald G. Gies	646	0.29%
	Non-Partisan	Joseph F. McInerney	437	0.19%
	Prohibition	John A. Massimilla	216	0.0%
Majority			27,412	12.20%
Turnout			224,795
	Republican hold

Florida

Florida election

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1982 →


Nominee	Lawton Chiles	John Grady
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,799,518	1,057,886
Percentage	63.0%	37.0%

U.S. senator before election

Lawton Chiles
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Lawton Chiles
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Lawton Chiles won re-election to a second term over John Grady, Mayor of Belle Glade^[4]

General election results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawton Chiles (Incumbent)	1,799,518	63.0
	Republican	John Grady	1,057,886	37.0
	Write-In	Ed Ice	123	0.0
	Write-In	Tim Adams	7	0.0
Majority			741,632	26.0
Turnout			2,857,534
	Democratic hold

Hawaii

Hawaii election

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1982 →


Nominee	Spark Matsunaga	William Quinn
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	162,305	122,724
Percentage	53.7%	40.6%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Hiram Fong
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Spark Matsunaga
Democratic

Incumbent Republican Hiram Fong retired instead of seeking re-election to a fourth term. Democrat Spark Matsunaga won the open seat over Republican William Quinn, Former Governor of Hawaii.

General election results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Spark Matsunaga	162,305	53.7%
	Republican	William Quinn	122,724	40.6%
	People's	Anthony Hodges	14,226	4.7%
	Nonpartisan	James Kimmel	1,433	0.5%
	Libertarian	Rockne Hart Johnson	1,404	0.5%
Majority			39,581	13.1%
Turnout			302,092
	Democratic hold

Indiana

Indiana election

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1982 →


Nominee	Richard Lugar	Vance Hartke
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,275,833	868,522
Percentage	59.0%	40.2%

U.S. senator before election

Vance Hartke
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Richard Lugar
Republican

Incumbent Democrat Vance Hartke ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was defeated by Republican challenger Richard Lugar, Mayor of Indianapolis.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Lugar	1,275,833	59.03%
	Democratic	Vance Hartke (Incumbent)	868,522	40.19%
		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

Maine

Maine election

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1982 →


Nominee	Edmund Muskie	Robert A. G. Monks
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	292,704	193,489
Percentage	60.2%	39.8%

U.S. senator before election

Edmund Muskie
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Edmund Muskie
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Edmund Muskie won re-election to a fourth term over Republican Robert A. G. Monks, shareholder activist.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edmund Muskie (Incumbent)	292,704	60.20%
	Republican	Robert A. G. Monks	193,489	39.80%
Majority			99,215	20.41%
Turnout			486,193
	Democratic hold

Maryland

Maryland election

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1982 →


Nominee	Paul Sarbanes	John Glenn Beall Jr.
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	772,101	530,439
Percentage	56.6%	38.9%

U.S. senator before election

John Glenn Beall Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Paul Sarbanes
Democratic

Incumbent Republican Glenn Beall Jr. ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic challenger Paul Sarbanes, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Sarbanes	772,101	56.55%
	Republican	John Glenn Beall Jr. (Incumbent)	530,439	38.85%
	Independent	Bruce Bradley	62,750	4.60%
Majority			241,662	17.70%
Turnout			1,365,290
	Democratic gain from Republican

Massachusetts

Massachusetts election

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1982 →


Nominee	Ted Kennedy	Michael Robertson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,726,657	722,641
Percentage	69.3%	29.0%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy won re-election to his third full term over Republican businessman, Michael Robertson^[7]

General election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward M. Kennedy (Incumbent)	1,726,657	69.31	+7.15
	Republican	Michael S. Robertson	722,641	29.01	−7.99
	Socialist Workers	Carol Henderson Evans	26,283	1.06	+0.52
	U.S. Labor	H. Graham Lowry	15,517	0.62
		All others	157	0.01
Total votes			2,491,255	85.55%
Majority			1,004,016		{{{change}}}
	Democratic hold		Swing

Michigan

Michigan election

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1982 →


Nominee	Donald Riegle	Marvin Esch
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,831,031	1,635,087
Percentage	52.5%	46.9%

U.S. senator before election

Philip Hart
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Donald Riegle
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Philip Hart retired instead of seeking a fourth term. Democrat Donald Riegle, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, won the open seat over fellow congressman Republican Marvin Esch.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Riegle	1,831,031	52.46%
	Republican	Marvin L. Esch	1,635,087	46.85%
	Libertarian	Bette Jane Erwin	8,842	<1%
	Human Rights	Theodore G. Albert	7,281	<1%
	Socialist Workers	Paula L. Reimers	3,399	<1%
	Socialist Labor	Frank Girard	2,554	<1%
	U.S. Labor	Peter A. Signorelli	2,218	<1%
Majority			195,944	5.61%
Turnout			3,490,412
	Democratic hold

Minnesota

Minnesota election

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1982 →


Nominee	Hubert Humphrey	Jerry Brekke
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,290,736	478,602
Percentage	67.5%	25.0%


Nominee	Paul Helm
Party	American
Popular vote	125,612
Percentage	6.6%

U.S. senator before election

Hubert Humphrey
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Hubert Humphrey
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Hubert Humphrey won re-election to a fifth term over Republican Gerald Brekke, college professor^[8]

Democratic primary election results^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Hubert H. Humphrey (Incumbent)	317,632	91.3%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dick Bullock	30,262	8.7%

Republican primary election results^[9]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Ind.-Republican	Gerald W. Brekke	76,183	54.5%
Ind.-Republican	Richard "Dick" Franson	32,115	23.0%
Ind.-Republican	John H. Glover	13,014	9.3%
Ind.-Republican	Roland "Butch" Riemers	9,307	6.7%
Ind.-Republican	Bea Mooney	9,150	6.5%

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Hubert H. Humphrey (Incumbent)	1,290,736	67.51%
	Ind.-Republican	Gerald W. Brekke	478,602	25.03%
	American	Paul Helm	125,612	6.57%
	Socialist Workers	Bill Peterson	9,380	0.49%
	Libertarian	Robin E. Miller	5,476	0.29%
	Communist	Matt Savola	2,214	0.12%
Majority			812,134	42.48%
Turnout			1,912,020
	Democratic (DFL) hold

Mississippi

Mississippi election

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1982 →


Nominee	John C. Stennis
Party	Democratic
Popular vote	554,433
Percentage	100.0%

U.S. senator before election

John C. Stennis
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

John C. Stennis
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat John C. Stennis won re-election to his sixth term.

General election results^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Stennis (Incumbent)	554,433	100.0

Missouri

Missouri election

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1982 →


Nominee	John Danforth	Warren E. Hearnes
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,090,067	813,571
Percentage	56.9%	42.5%

U.S. senator before election

Stuart Symington
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

John Danforth
Republican

Incumbent Democrat Stuart Symington retired, instead of seeking a fifth term. Republican John Danforth, Attorney General of Missouri, won the open seat, defeating Democrat Warren Hearnes, former Governor of Missouri. (Jerry Litton had won the Democratic nomination earlier, but was killed in a plane crash, and Hearnes was chosen by the party committee.)

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Danforth	1,090,067	56.94%
	Democratic	Warren E. Hearnes	813,571	42.50%
	Independent	Lawrence "Red" Petty	10,822	0.57%
Majority			276,496	14.44%
Turnout			1,914,460
	Republican gain from Democratic

Montana

Montana election

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1982 →


Nominee	John Melcher	Stanley Burger
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	206,232	115,213
Percentage	64.16%	35.84%

U.S. senator before election

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

John Melcher
Democratic

Rather than seek a fifth term, Democratic incumbent Mike Mansfield opted to retire, creating an open seat. United States Congressman John Melcher, who had represented Montana's 2nd congressional district from 1969 to 1977, won the Democratic nomination and defeated Stanley C. Burger, the Republican nominee and former Executive Officer of the Montana Farm Bureau Federation, by a wide margin in the general election.

Democratic Party primary results^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Melcher	89,413	88.52
	Democratic	Ray E. Gulick	11,593	11.48
Total votes			101,006	100.00

Republican Primary results^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stanley C. Burger	32,313	40.41
	Republican	Dave Drum	27,257	34.09
	Republican	Jack Tierney	15,129	18.92
	Republican	Larry L. Gilbert	5,258	6.58
Total votes			79,957	100.00

1976 United States Senate election in Montana^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Melcher	206,232	64.16%	+3.62%
	Republican	Stanley C. Burger	115,213	35.84%	−3.62%
Majority			91,019	28.32%	+7.24%
Turnout			321,445
	Democratic hold		Swing

Nebraska

Nebraska election

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1982 →


Nominee	Edward Zorinsky	John Y. McCollister
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	313,805	279,284
Percentage	52.89%	47.07%

U.S. senator before election

Roman Hruska
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Edward Zorinsky
Democratic

Incumbent Republican Roman Hruska retired instead of seeking another term. Democrat Edward Zorinsky, Mayor of Omaha, won the open seat over Republican John Y. McCollister, U.S. Congressman of Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Zorinsky	313,805	52.89%
	Republican	John Y. McCollister	279,284	47.07%
	Write-in candidate	Lenore Etchison	58	0.01%
	N/A	Others	163	0.03%
Majority			34,521	5.82%
Turnout			593,310
	Democratic gain from Republican

Nevada

Nevada election

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1982 →


Nominee	Howard Cannon	David Towell
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	127,214	63,471
Percentage	63.0%	31.4%

U.S. senator before election

Howard Cannon
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Howard Cannon
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Howard Cannon won re-election to a fourth term over Republican David Towell, U.S. Representative from Nevada's At-large congressional district.

In the Senate, Cannon was known as a moderate in the Democratic Party. He served as chairman of several committees, including the rules committee and the inaugural arrangements committee. Cannon was nearly defeated for re-election in 1964 by Republican Lieutenant Governor Paul Laxalt in one of the closest election in history. However, he became more popular over the next few years and won re-election in 1970 with nearly 58% of the vote. In 1976, he faced U.S. Representative David Towell, who served just one term in the U.S. House of Representatives before running for the U.S. Senate. Cannon won re-election with 63% of the vote, one of his best election performances of his career. He won every county in the state, except for Eureka County, which Towell won with just 51% of the vote.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Howard Cannon (Incumbent)	127,214	63.01%	+5.36%
	Republican	David Towell	63,471	31.44%	−9.73%
	None of These Candidates		5,288	2.62%
	Independent American	Byron D. Young	3,619	1.79%
	Libertarian	Dan Becan	2,307	1.14%
Majority			63,743	31.57%	+15.09%
Turnout			201,899
	Democratic hold		Swing

New Jersey

1976 United States Senate election in New Jersey Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harrison Williams (Incumbent)	1,681,140	60.66%
	Republican	David F. Norcross, Jr.	1,054,508	38.05%
	Libertarian	Hannibal Cundari	19,907	0.72%
	Socialist Labor	Bernardo S. Doganiero	9,185	0.33%
	Labor Party	Leif Johnson	6,650	0.24%
Majority			626,632	22.61%
Turnout			2,771,390
	Democratic hold

New Mexico

New Mexico election

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1982 →


Nominee	Harrison Schmitt	Joseph Montoya
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	234,681	176,382
Percentage	56.8%	42.7%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Joseph Montoya
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Harrison Schmitt
Republican

Incumbent Democrat Joseph Montoya ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Republican former Astronaut Harrison Schmitt.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Harrison Schmitt	234,681	56.82%	+9.69%
	Democratic	Joseph Montoya (Incumbent)	176,382	42.70%	−10.17%
	La Raza Unida	Ernesto B. Borunda	1,087	0.26%
	American Independent	Matt Dillion	906	0.22%
Majority			58,299	14.11%	+8.36%
Turnout			413,056
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

New York

New York election

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1982 →


Nominee	Pat Moynihan	James Buckley
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	3,422,594	2,836,633
Percentage	54.1%	44.9%

County results

U.S. senator before election

James Buckley
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Pat Moynihan
Democratic

Incumbent Conservative James Buckley ran for re-election to a second term as a Republican, but was defeated by Pat Moynihan.

Democratic Party Convention results^[12]
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Paul O'Dwyer	32.50
	Democratic	Pat Moynihan	31.10
	Democratic	Bella Abzug	28.70
	Democratic	Ramsey Clark	7.00
	Democratic	Abraham Hirschfeld	0.70
Total votes			100.00

Democratic Party Primary results^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Moynihan	333,697	36.41
	Democratic	Bella Abzug	323,705	35.32
	Democratic	Ramsey Clark	94,191	10.28
	Democratic	Paul O'Dwyer	82,689	9.02
	Democratic	Abraham Hirschfeld	82,331	8.98
Total votes			916,613	100.00

Republican Party Primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Buckley (Incumbent)	242,257	70.45
	Republican	Peter Peyser	101,629	29.55
Total votes			343,886	100.00

General election results^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pat Moynihan	3,238,511
	Liberal	Pat Moynihan	184,083
	total	Pat Moynihan	3,422,594	54.17	+ 17.21
	Republican	James Buckley (Incumbent)	2,525,139
	Conservative	James Buckley	311,494
	total	James Buckley	2,836,633	44.90	+ 5.95
	Communist	Herbert Aptheker	25,141	0.40	+ 0.37
	Socialist Workers	Marcia Gallo	16,350	0.26	+ 0.20
	Libertarian	Martin E. Nixon	10,943	0.17	+ 0.17
	U.S. Labor	Elijah C. Boyd	6,716	0.11	+ 0.11
Majority			675,961	9.27%	{{{change}}}
Turnout			6,408,377		{{{change}}}
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

North Dakota

Incumbent North Dakota Democratic NPL Party Democrat Quentin Burdick, sought and received re-election to his fourth term to the United States Senate, defeating Republican candidate Robert Stroup.^[1] Only Burdick filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Robert Stroup, as state senator from Hazen, North Dakota. Burdick and Stroup won the primary elections for their respective parties. One independent candidate, Clarence Haggard, also filed before the deadline under the American Party.

1976 United States Senate election, North Dakota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Quentin Burdick (Incumbent)	175,772	62.10
	Republican	Robert Stroup	103,466	36.55
	Independent	Clarence Haggard	3,824	1.35
Majority
Turnout			283,062
	Democratic hold

Ohio

Ohio election

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1982 →


Nominee	Howard Metzenbaum	Robert Taft Jr.
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,941,113	1,823,774
Percentage	49.51%	46.52%

U.S. senator before election

Robert Taft Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Howard Metzenbaum
Democratic

Incumbent Republican Robert Taft Jr. ran for re-election to second term, but was defeated by Democratic former senator Howard Metzenbaum.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Metzenbaum	1,941,113	49.51%
	Republican	Robert Taft Jr.	1,823,774	46.52%
	Independent	John O'Neill	53,657	1.37%
	American Independent	Donald E. Babcock	36,979	0.94%
	Independent	Emma Lila Fundaburk	33,285	0.85%
	Socialist Workers	Melissa Singler	31,805	0.81%
Majority			117,339	2.99%
Turnout			3,920,613
	Democratic gain from Republican

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania election

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1982 →


Nominee	John Heinz	Bill Green
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	2,381,891	2,126,977
Percentage	52.4%	46.8%

U.S. senator before election

Hugh Scott
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

John Heinz
Republican

Incumbent Republican and Minority Leader Hugh Scott retired. Republican John Heinz won the open seat over Democrat Bill Green, United States Representative^[15]^[1]

In December 1975, U.S. senator Hugh Scott announced that he would not seek re-election in 1976 at the age of 75 after serving in Congress for 33 years. Scott listed personal reasons and several "well-qualified potential candidates" for the seat among the reasons of his decision to retire. Other reasons, including his support for Richard Nixon and accusations that he had illegally obtained contributions from Gulf Oil were alleged to have contributed to the decision.^[16]

Democratic primary results^[17]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	William J. Green III	762,733	68.71
Democratic	Jeanette Reibman	345,264	31.10
Democratic	Others	2,058	0.19

Republican primary results^[18]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	John Heinz	358,715	37.73
Republican	Arlen Specter	332,513	34.98
Republican	George Packard	160,379	16.87
Republican	Others	99,074	10.43

Heinz was the victor in all but nine counties, defeating opponent William Green, who had a 300,000 vote advantage in his native Philadelphia area. Heinz and Green spend $2.5 million and $900,000, respectively, during the ten-month campaign. Much of the money Heinz spent on his campaign was his own, leading to accusations from Green that he was "buying the seat". Heinz replied to this by claiming that the spending was necessary to overcome the Democratic voter registration advantage.^[19]

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Heinz	2,381,891	52.39%	+0.96%
	Democratic	William J. Green III	2,126,977	46.79%	+1.41%
	Constitution	Andrew J. Watson	26,028	0.57%	−1.79%
	Socialist Workers	Frederick W. Stanton	5,484	0.12%	+0.01%
	Labor Party	Bernard Salera	3,637	0.08%	+0.08%
	Communist Party	Frank Kinces	2,097	0.05%	+0.05%
	N/A	Other	239	0.00%	N/A
Turnout			4,546,353		{{{change}}}
Majority			254,914	6.60%	{{{change}}}
	Republican hold		Swing

Rhode Island

Rhode Island election

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1982 →


Nominee	John Chafee	Richard Lorber
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	230,329	167,665
Percentage	57.7%	42.0%

County results

U.S. senator before election

John O. Pastore
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

John Chafee
Republican

Incumbent Democrat John O. Pastore did not seek re-election. Republican John Chafee won the seat, defeating Democrat Richard P. Lorber.

Democratic primary results^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard P. Lorber	60,118	37.78
	Democratic	Philip W. Noel	60,018	37.71
	Democratic	John P. Hawkins	25,456	16.00
	Democratic	Paul E. Goulding	5,500	3.46
	Democratic	Ralph J. Perrotta	4,481	2.82
	Democratic	John E. Caddick	2,160	1.36
	Democratic	Earl F. Pasbach	962	0.60
	Democratic	Arthur E. Marley	447	0.28
Majority			100	0.06%
Total votes			159,142	100.00

General election results^[21]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Chafee	230,329	57.74
	Democratic	Richard P. Lorber	167,665	42.03
	Communist	Margaret Cann	912	0.23
Majority			62,664	15.71%
Total votes			398,906	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Tennessee

U.S. election in Tennessee election

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1982 →


Nominee	James Sasser	Bill Brock
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	751,180	673,231
Percentage	52.46%	47.01%

U.S. senator before election

Bill Brock
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

James Sasser
Democratic

Incumbent Republican Bill Brock ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic challenger James Sasser.

General election Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James Sasser	751,180	52.46%
	Republican	Bill Brock (Incumbent)	673,231	47.01%	−5.44%
	Independent	Mark Clark Bates	5,137	0.36%
	Independent	Willie C. Jacox	1,406	0.10%
	Independent	Arnold Joseph Zandie	1,061	0.07%
	None	Write-Ins	31	0.00%
Majority			77,949	5.45%
Turnout			1,432,046
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

Texas

Texas election

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1982 →


Nominee	Lloyd Bentsen	Alan Steelman
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	2,199,956	1,636,370
Percentage	56.8%	42.2%

U.S. senator before election

Lloyd Bentsen
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Lloyd Bentsen
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Lloyd Bentsen won re-election to a second term over Republican Alan Steelman, U.S. Representative from {}Texas's 5th district.

General election results^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Bentsen	2,199,956	56.8%
	Republican	Alan Steelman	1,636,370	42.2%
	Socialist Workers Party	Pedro Vasquez	20,549	0.5%
	American Independent	Marjorie P. Gallion	17,355	0.5%
Majority			563,586	14.6%
Turnout			3,874,230
	Democratic hold

Utah

Utah election

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1982 →


Nominee	Orrin Hatch	Frank Moss
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	290,221	223,948
Percentage	55.59%	42.89%

U.S. senator before election

Frank Moss
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Orrin Hatch
Republican

Incumbent Democrat Frank Moss ran for re-election to a fourth term but was defeated by his Republican opponent Orrin Hatch.

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Orrin Hatch	290,221	55.59%
	Democratic	Frank Moss (incumbent)	223,948	42.89%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

Vermont

Vermont election

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1982 →


Nominee	Robert Stafford	Thomas P. Salmon
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	94,481	85,682
Percentage	50.0%	45.4%

U.S. senator before election

Robert Stafford
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Robert Stafford
Republican

Incumbent Republican Robert Stafford successfully ran for re-election to another term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Governor Thomas P. Salmon.

Republican primary results^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Stafford (Incumbent)	24,338	68.7
	Republican	John J. Welch	10,911	30.8
	Republican	Other	178	0.5
Total votes			35,427	100

Democratic primary results^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas P. Salmon	21,674	52.7
	Democratic	Scott Skinner	19,238	46.8
	Democratic	Other	178	0.4
Total votes			41,090	100

1976 United States Senate election in Vermont^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Stafford (Incumbent)	94,481	50.0
	Democratic	Thomas P. Salmon	82,174	43.5
	Independent Vermonters	Thomas P. Salmon	3,508	1.9
	Total	Thomas P. Salmon	85,682	45.4
	Liberty Union	Nancy Kaufman	8,801	4.7
	N/A	Other	96	0.1
Total votes			189,060	100
Majority			12,307	6.5
	Republican hold

Virginia

Virginia election

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1982 →

Turnout

47.0%^[25]


Nominee	Harry F. Byrd Jr.	Elmo Zumwalt
Party	Independent	Democratic
Popular vote	890,778	596,009
Percentage	57.2%	38.3%

U.S. Senate election results map. Gray denotes counties/districts won by Byrd. Blue denotes those won by Zumwalt. Red denotes those won by Perper.

U.S. senator before election

Harry F. Byrd Jr.
Independent

Elected U.S. senator

Harry F. Byrd Jr.
Independent

Incumbent Independent Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected to a second term over retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and state legislator Martin H. Perper.

1976 United States Senate election in Virginia^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Harry F. Byrd Jr. (Incumbent)	890,778	57.19%	+3.65%
	Democratic	Elmo Zumwalt	596,009	38.27%	+7.12%
	Independent	Martin H. Perper	70,559	4.53%
	Write-ins		154	0.01%
Majority			294,769	18.93%	−3.45%
Turnout			1,557,500
	Independent hold

Washington

Washington Election

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1982 →


Nominee	Henry M. Jackson	George M. Brown
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,071,219	361,546
Percentage	71.84%	24.25%

U.S. senator before election

Henry M. Jackson
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Henry M. Jackson
Democratic

1976 United States Senate election in Washington Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry M. Jackson (Incumbent)	1,071,219	71.84%
	Republican	George M. Brown	361,546	24.25%
	American Independent	Dave Smith	28,182	1.89%
	Libertarian	Richard K. Kenney	19,973	1.30%
	Socialist Workers	Karl Bermann	7,402	0.50%
	Labor Party	William F. Wertz Jr.	3,389	0.23%
Majority			709,673	47.59%
Turnout			1,491,111
	Democratic hold

West Virginia

1976 United States Senate election in West Virginia Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Byrd (Incumbent)	566,359	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Robert Byrd was re-elected.

Wisconsin

1976 United States Senate election in Wisconsin Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Proxmire (Incumbent)	1,396,970	72.19%
	Republican	Stanley York	521,902	26.97%
	Democratic Socialist	William Osborne Hart	7,354	0.38%
	Socialist Workers	Robert Schwarz	4,876	0.25%
	Labor Party	Michael A. MacLaurin	2,148	0.11%
	Socialist Labor	Robert E. Nordlander	1,731	0.09%
	None	Write-Ins	202	0.01%
Majority			875,068	45.22%
Turnout			1,935,183
	Democratic hold

Wyoming

1976 United States Senate election in Wyoming Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Malcolm Wallop	84,810	54.59%
	Democratic	Gale McGee (Incumbent)	70,558	45.41%
Majority			14,252	9.12%
Turnout			155,368
	Republican gain from Democratic

Notes

^ Harry F. Byrd Jr. (VA) was an Independent who caucused with the Democrats. In some circles he is called an "Independent Democrat," but his registration was listed as "Independent." See, e.g., United States Congress. "Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (id: B001209)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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[ByrdDem-1] Harry F. Byrd Jr. (VA) was an Independent who caucused with the Democrats. In some circles he is called an "Independent Democrat," but his registration was listed as "Independent." See, e.g., United States Congress. "Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (id: B001209)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

[Clerk-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved February 25, 2013.

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[4] "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.

[5] "Candidate - John Grady". Our Campaigns. August 19, 1976. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

[6] "FL US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

[7] "HI US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

[8] "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.

[9] "The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.

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v t e (1974 ←) 1976 United States elections (→ 1978)
President	1976 United States presidential election Democratic primaries Republican primaries Democratic convention Republican convention
U.S. Senate	Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
U.S. House	Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Governors	Arkansas Delaware Illinois Indiana Missouri Lt. Gov Montana New Hampshire North Carolina Lt. Gov North Dakota Rhode Island Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia
State legislature	Arizona Arizona House Arizona Senate Iowa Senate Minnesota House Senate
Mayors	San Juan, PR

Retirements

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Democratic gains

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Republican gains

Incumbents who lost

Democratic gains

From Republicans

From Conservatives

Republican gains

Results summary

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Race summaries

Elections leading to the next Congress

Arizona

California

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Hawaii

Indiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Dakota

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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