United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1976

November 2, 1976



Nominee	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	Gloria Schaffer
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	785,683	561,018
Percentage	57.7%	41.2%

U.S. Senator before election

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

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The 1976 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker Jr. won re-election to a second term.

Major candidates

Democratic

Gloria Schaffer, Connecticut Secretary of State^[1]

Republican

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (inc.)	785,683	57.70%
	Democratic	Gloria Schaffer	561,018	41.20%
	George Wallace	Robert Barnabei	14,407	1.06%
		Others	558	0.0%
Majority			224,665	16.50%
Turnout			1,361,666
	Republican hold		Swing

References

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