United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1976

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1976
1970 ←
 November 2, 1976
 → 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
Elections in Hawaii

The 1976 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Hiram Fong decided to retire instead of seeking re-election to a fourth term. Democrat Spark Matsunaga won the open seat.

Contents

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[1]
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%

References

  1. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2524

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