1976 United States Senate elections

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1976 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. Held on November 2, the 33 seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections. They coincided with Democrat 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 Democratic Party. Each party flipped seven Senate seats, although, one of the seats flipped by Democrats was previously held by a Conservative.

This was the first election in which the Libertarian Party competed, running candidates in 9 of the 33 contested seats. Template:As of 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. This is the last time Democrats or any party won a 60% supermajority via direct elections (although Democrats briefly held one in the summer of 2009).

Results summary

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Democratic	I	Republican

Parties		style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Total
		Democratic	Republican	Independent	Other
Last elections (1974) Before these elections		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 61	37	1	1	100
Not up		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 40	27	0	0	67
Up Template:Small		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 21	10	1	1	33
Incumbent retired		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 5	3	0	0	8
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 2	1	—	—	3
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Decrease 3 Republicans replaced by Template:Increase 3 Democrats Template:Decrease 2 Democrats replaced by Template:Increase 2 Republicans	—	—	5
	Result	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 6	2	—	—	8
Incumbent ran		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 16	7	1	1	25
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 11	4	1	0	16
	Template:Small	colspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease 3 Republicans replaced by Template:Increase 3 Democrats Template:Decrease 1 Conservative replaced by Template:Increase 1 Democrat Template:Decrease 5 Democrats replaced by Template:Increase 5 Republicans	9
	Template:Small	0	0	0	0	0
	Result	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 15	9	1	0	25
Total elected		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 21	11	1	0	33
Net gain/loss		Template:Steady	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Increase 1	Template:Steady	Template:Decrease 1	1
Nationwide vote		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 31,790,526Template:Efn	24,562,431Template:Efn	1,173,414	1,647,636	59,174,007
	Share	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 53.72%	41.51%	1.98%	2.78%	100%
Result		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 61	38	1	0	100

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Gains, losses, and holds

Retirements

Four Republicans and four Democrats retired instead of seeking re-election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Arizona	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Hawaii	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Michigan	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Missouri	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Montana	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Nebraska	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Pennsylvania	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Rhode Island	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Defeats

Three Republicans, five Democrats, and one Conservative sought re-election but lost in the general election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
California	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Indiana	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Maryland	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
New Mexico	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
New York	Template:Party shading/Conservative (New York) | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Ohio	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Tennessee	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Utah	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Wyoming	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Post-election changes

Five Democrats either resigned or died between at the end of 93rd Congress and during the 94th Congress. All were initially replaced by Democratic appointees.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Alabama (Class 3)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Arkansas (Class 2)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Minnesota (Class 1)	Template:Party shading/DFL | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/DFL | Template:Sortname
Minnesota (Class 2)	Template:Party shading/DFL | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/DFL | Template:Sortname
Montana (Class 2)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Change in composition

Before the elections

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Elections results

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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			Result	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Arizona	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
California	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1970 1971 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. Incumbent resigned January 1, 1977 to give successor preferential seniority. Winner appointed January 2, 1977.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Connecticut	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Delaware	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1970 1971 Template:Small	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Florida	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Hawaii	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1959 United States Senate elections in Hawaii|1959 Template:Small]] 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Indiana	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Maine	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Maryland	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1970	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Massachusetts	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts|1962 Template:Small]] 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Michigan	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. Incumbent died December 26, 1976. Winner appointed December 30, 1976.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Minnesota	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/DFL | DFL	1948 1954 1960 1964 Template:Small 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Mississippi	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1947 United States Senate special election in Mississippi|1947 Template:Small]] 1952 1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Missouri	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1952 1958 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. Incumbent resigned December 27, 1976 to give successor preferential seniority. Winner appointed the same day.	Template:Plainlist
Montana	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1952 1958 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
Nebraska	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1954 United States Senate special elections in Nebraska|1954 Template:Small]] 1958 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. Incumbent resigned December 27, 1976 to give successor preferential seniority. Winner appointed December 28, 1976 to finish the term.	Template:Plainlist
Nevada	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
New Jersey	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
New Mexico	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1964 United States Senate special election in New Mexico|1964 Template:Small]] 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
New York	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Conservative (New York) | Conservative	1970	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent ran as a Republican and lost re-election. Democratic gain.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
North Dakota	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/North Dakota Democratic-NPL | Democratic-NPL	[[1960 United States Senate special election in North Dakota|1960 Template:Small]] 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Ohio	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1970	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. Incumbent resigned December 28, 1976 to give successor preferential seniority. Winner appointed December 29, 1976.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Pennsylvania	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1958 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Rhode Island	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1950 United States Senate special election in Rhode Island|1950 Template:Small]] 1952 1958 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent retired. Republican gain Incumbent resigned December 28, 1976 to give successor preferential seniority. Winner appointed December 29, 1976.	Template:Plainlist
Tennessee	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1970	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Texas	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Utah	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Vermont	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1971 Template:Small [[1972 United States Senate special election in Vermont|1972 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Virginia	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Independent | Independent	1965 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn [[1966 United States Senate special election in Virginia|1966 Template:Small]] 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Washington	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1952 1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
West Virginia	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Wisconsin	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1957 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin|1957 Template:Small]] 1958 1964 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:PlainlistTemplate:Collapsible list
Wyoming	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1958 1964 1970	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist

Closest races

9 races had a margin of victory under 10%:

State	Party of winner	Margin
Ohio	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	2.99%
California	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	3.2%
Vermont	data-sort-value=-1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	4.6%
Tennessee	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	5.45%
Michigan	data-sort-value=-1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	5.6%
Pennsylvania	data-sort-value=-1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	5.6%
Nebraska	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	5.82%
Utah	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	8.9%
New York	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	9.2%

Nevada was the tipping point state with a margin of 31.6%.

Arizona

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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.

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California

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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.

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Connecticut

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Incumbent Republican Lowell Weicker won re-election to a second term over Gloria Schaffer, Connecticut Secretary of State<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Election box begin no change Template:Election box winning candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate no change Template:Election box candidate no change Template:Election box majority no change Template:Election box turnout no change Template:Election box hold with party link no change

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Delaware

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Incumbent Republican William Roth won reelection to a second term over Thomas Maloney, Mayor of Wilmington<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Florida

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Incumbent Democrat Lawton Chiles won re-election to a second term over John Grady, Mayor of Belle Glade<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Hawaii

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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.

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Indiana

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

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Maine

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

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Maryland

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Incumbent Republican J. 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.

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Massachusetts

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Incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy won re-election to his fourth (his third full) term over Republican businessman, Michael Robertson.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Michigan

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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.

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Minnesota

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Incumbent Democrat Hubert Humphrey won re-election to a fifth term over Republican Gerald Brekke, college professor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Mississippi

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

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Missouri

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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.)

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Montana

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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.

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Nebraska

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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.

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Nevada

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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.

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New Jersey

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In the general election, Williams soundly won re-election to a fourth term over Norcross. He won 60% of the vote, winning every county in the state. This would be Williams' last election to the U.S. Senate, as he would resign in 1981 following his involvement in the Abscam scandal. Template:Election box begin no change Template:Election box winning candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate no change Template:Election box majority no change Template:Election box turnout no change Template:Election box hold with party link no change

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New Mexico

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

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New York

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

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North Dakota

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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.<ref name=Clerk/> 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.

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Ohio

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

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Pennsylvania

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Incumbent Republican and Minority Leader Hugh Scott retired. Republican John Heinz won the open seat over Democrat Bill Green, United States Representative<ref name="greenbio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Clerk/>

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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.<ref name="electionnews">Template:Cite news</ref>

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Rhode Island

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

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Tennessee

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

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Texas

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

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Utah

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

Vermont

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

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Virginia

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

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Washington

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West Virginia

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:See alsoFor most of the state's history, West Virginia has been a solidly Democratic state. Often, winning the Democratic primary was tantamount to winning the general election in the state. Despite West Virginia occasionally electing a Republican governor (Arch A. Moore Jr. and Cecil H. Underwood both served as governor) and voting for Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, West Virginia has only elected Democratic Senators since 1958. Byrd had faced Republican opposition every term since he defeated Chapman Revercomb in 1958, but the Republicans chose not to mount a nominee in 1976.<ref>Our Campaigns - WV US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976</ref> Freshman Congressman Cleve Benedict would serve as the Republican nominee in 1982.Template:Election box begin no change Template:Election box winning candidate with party link no change Template:Election box hold with party link no change

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Wisconsin

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:See alsoOriginally elected in 1957 to fill the seat of Joseph McCarthy, William Proxmire had won re-election three times prior to 1976. He only faced significant Republican opposition twice during his re-election years, winning 70% of the vote and every county in 1970. Clergyman Stanley York was the Republican nominee. Proxmire ultimately defeated York and increased his margin of victory by 4%. Proxmire would serve two more terms, ultimately retiring in 1989. Template:Election box begin no change Template:Election box winning candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate no change Template:Election box candidate with party link no change Template:Election box candidate no change Template:Election box majority no change Template:Election box turnout no change Template:Election box hold with party link no change

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Wyoming

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:See alsoGale W. McGee, the incumbent senator and former professor at the University of Wyoming, was originally elected in 1958 over Frank A. Barrett. He subsequently won two more elections to the senate over John S. Wold. McGee, who managed to become re-elected several times in a heavily Republican-leaning state, faced headwinds from Gerald Ford's popularity in the state. State senator Malcolm Wallop was the Republican nominee.

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See also

• 1976 United States elections
  • 1976 United States gubernatorial elections
  • 1976 United States presidential election
  • 1976 United States House of Representatives elections
• 94th United States Congress
• 95th United States Congress

Sources

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