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U.S. Senate election, 1976

United States Senate elections, 1976

← 1974/75 November 2, 1976 1978 →

33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Robert C. Byrd – 1977.jpg Howard baker jr.jpg
Leader Robert Byrd Howard Baker
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 3, 1977 January 3, 1977
Leader's seat West Virginia Tennessee
Seats before 61 37
Seats after 61 38
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 31,790,526 24,562,431
Percentage 53.7% 41.5%
Swing Decrease 1.5% Increase 1.9%
Seats up 21 10
Races won 21 11

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent Conservative (N.Y.)
Seats before 1 1
Seats after 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 890,778 311,494
Seats up 1 1
Races won 1 0

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Results, with special elections
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Independent hold

Majority Leader before election

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Robert Byrd
Democratic

Arizona election

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  Dennis DeConcini, official portrait.jpg Sam Steiger Congressional photo.jpg
Nominee Dennis DeConcini Sam Steiger
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 400,334 321,236
Percentage 54.0% 43.3%

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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

California election

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1982 →
  SIHayakawa.jpg JohnTunney.jpg
Nominee S. I. Hayakawa John V. Tunney
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 3,748,973 3,502,862
Percentage 50.1% 46.9%

U.S. Senator before election

John V. Tunney
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

S. I. Hayakawa
Republican

Connecticut election

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1982 →
  Lweicker.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Gloria Schaffer
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 785,683 561,018
Percentage 57.7% 41.2%

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County results

U.S. Senator before election

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

Delaware election

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1982 →
  Senator William V Roth.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Bill Roth Thomas Maloney
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 125,454 98,042
Percentage 55.8% 43.6%

U.S. Senator before election

Bill Roth
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Bill Roth
Republican

Florida election

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  Senator Lawton Chiles.jpg No image.svg
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

Hawaii election

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  Spark Matsunaga.jpg William F. Quinn (PP-28-3-011).jpg
Nominee Spark Matsunaga William Quinn
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 162,305 122,724
Percentage 53.7% 40.6%

Hawaii Election Results by County, all Democratic.svg
County results

U.S. Senator before election

Hiram Fong
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Spark Matsunaga
Democratic

Indiana election

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  Richard Lugar 1977 congressional photo.jpg Vance Hartke.jpg
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

Maine election

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  Edmund Muskie.jpg No image.svg
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

Maryland election

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  Paul Sarbanes.jpg Jglennbealljr.jpg
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


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