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The United States Senate election, 1976 was an election for the United States Senate that coincided with Democratic Jimmy Carter's election to the presidency as well as the United States Bicentennial celebration. Almost half of the seats being decided in this election changed parties, but Carter's narrow victory did not produce decisive gains for the Democrats, and the balance of the chamber remained the same.
Democrats took open seats in Arizona, Hawaii, Nebraska, and defeated incumbents John Glenn Beall, Jr. of Maryland, James L. Buckley of New York's Conservative Party, Robert Taft, Jr. of Ohio, and Bill Brock of Tennessee. Republicans took open seats in Missouri and Rhode Island, and defeated five incumbents: John V. Tunney of California, Vance Hartke of Indiana, Joseph Montoya of New Mexico, Frank Moss of Utah, and Gale McGee of Wyoming.
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| Parties | Total Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||||
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| 1974 | 1976 | +/- | Vote | % | ||||||
| Democratic Party | 60 | 61 | +1 | 31,790,526 | 53.72% | |||||
| Republican Party | 37 | 38 | +1 | 24,562,431 | 41.51% | |||||
| Others | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2,821,050 | 4.77% | |||||
| Total | 100 | 100 | - | 59,174,007 | 100.0% | |||||
| Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk | ||||||||||
A bolded state name indicates an article about that state's election.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Result | Opposing Candidates |
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| Arizona | Paul Fannin | Republican | Retired Democratic gain |
Dennis DeConcini (Democratic) 54.0% Sam Steiger (Republican) 43.3% Allan Norwitz (Libertarian) 1.0% |
| California | John V. Tunney | Democratic | Lost re-election, 46.9% Republican gain |
S. I. Hayakawa (Republican) 50.2% |
| Connecticut | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 57.7% | Gloria Schaffer (Democratic) 41.2% |
| Delaware | William V. Roth, Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 55.8% | Thomas C. Maloney (Democratic) 43.6% |
| Florida | Lawton Chiles | Democratic | Re-elected, 63.0% | John Grady (Republican) 37.0% |
| Hawaii | Hiram Fong | Republican | Retired Democratic gain |
Spark Matsunaga (Democratic) 53.7% William F. Quinn (Republican) 40.6% |
| Indiana | Vance Hartke | Democratic | Lost re-election, 40.5% Republican gain |
Richard Lugar (Republican) 58.8% |
| Maine | Edmund Muskie | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.2% | Robert A. G. Monks (Republican) 39.8% |
| Maryland | John Glenn Beall, Jr. | Republican | Lost re-election, 38.8% Democratic gain |
Paul Sarbanes (Democratic) 56.5% |
| Massachusetts | Ted Kennedy | Democratic | Re-elected, 69.3% | Michael S. Robertson (Republican) 29.0% Carol Henderson Evans (Socialist Workers) 1.1% H. Graham Lowry (U.S. Labor) 0.6% |
| Michigan | Philip Hart | Democratic | Retired Democratic hold |
Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Democratic) 52.5% Marvin L. Esch (Republican) 46.8% |
| Minnesota | Hubert Humphrey | Democratic | Re-elected, 67.5% | Gerald W. Brekke (Republican) 25.0% Paul Helm (Independent) 6.6% |
| Mississippi | John C. Stennis | Democratic | Unopposed | |
| Missouri | Stuart Symington | Democratic | Retired Republican gain |
John Danforth (Republican) 56.9% Warren E. Hearnes (Democratic) 42.5% Lawrence Petty (Independent) 0.6% |
| Montana | Mike Mansfield | Democratic | Retired Democratic hold |
John Melcher (Democratic) 64.2% Stanley C. Burger (Republican) 35.8% |
| Nebraska | Roman Hruska | Republican | Retired Democratic gain |
Edward Zorinsky (Democratic) 52.4% John Y. McCollister (Republican) 47.5% |
| Nevada | Howard Cannon | Democratic | Re-elected, 63.0% | David Towell (Republican) 31.4% |
| New Jersey | Harrison A. Williams | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.7% | David A. Norcross (Republican) 38.0% |
| New Mexico | Joseph Montoya | Democratic | Lost re-election, 42.7% Republican gain |
Harrison Schmitt (Republican) 56.8% |
| New York | James L. Buckley | Conservative | Lost re-election as a Republican, 44.9% Democratic gain |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Democratic) 54.2% |
| North Dakota | Quentin N. Burdick | Democratic | Re-elected, 62.1% | Robert Stroup (Republican) 36.6% |
| Ohio | Robert Taft, Jr. | Republican | Lost re-election, 46.5% Democratic gain |
Howard Metzenbaum (Democratic) 49.5% |
| Pennsylvania | Hugh Scott | Republican | Retired Republican hold |
H. John Heinz III (Republican) 52.4% William J. Green, III (Democratic) 46.8% |
| Rhode Island | John O. Pastore | Democratic | Retired Republican gain |
John Chafee (Republican) 57.7% Richard P. Lorber (Democratic) 42.0% |
| Tennessee | Bill Brock | Republican | Lost re-election, 47.0% Democratic gain |
Jim Sasser (Democratic) 52.5% |
| Texas | Lloyd Bentsen | Democratic | Re-elected, 56.8% | Alan Steelman (Republican) 42.2% |
| Utah | Frank Moss | Democratic | Lost re-election, 44.8% Republican gain |
Orrin Hatch (Republican) 53.7% |
| Vermont | Robert Stafford | Republican | Re-elected, 50.0% | Thomas P. Salmon (Democratic) 45.3% |
| Virginia | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. | Independent | Re-elected, 57.2% | Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. (Democratic) 38.3% |
| Washington | Henry M. Jackson | Democratic | Re-elected, 71.8% | George M. Brown (Republican) 24.2% |
| West Virginia | Robert Byrd | Democratic | Re-elected, 99.9% | |
| Wisconsin | William Proxmire | Democratic | Re-elected, 72.2% | Stanley York (Republican) 27.0% |
| Wyoming | Gale W. McGee | Democratic | Lost re-election, 45.4% Republican gain |
Malcolm Wallop (Republican) 54.7% |
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