1976 United States Senate election in Virginia
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 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. | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. was re-elected to a second term over retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and state legislator Martin H. Perper.
Candidates
- Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I), incumbent U.S. Senator
- Elmo Zumwalt (D), former Naval officer and Chief of Naval Operations
- Martin H. Perper (I), former Republican member of Virginia state legislature
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (inc.) | 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 | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=51&year=1976&f=0&elect=0&off=3
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