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1976 U.S. Senate election results

Results of all 33 Senate races in 1976 (seats won: Democratic 21, Republican 11, Independent 1); 13 changed party. Winners, margins and every candidate.

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  • Democratic 21
  • Republican 11
  • Independent 1
AlabamaAlaskaArizona: Dennis Webster DeConcini DEM +10.7 gainArkansasCalifornia: Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa REP +3.3 gainColoradoConnecticut: Lowell P. Weicker REP +16.5Delaware: William V. Roth Jr. REP +12.2District of ColumbiaFlorida: Lawton Chiles DEM +26.0GeorgiaHawaii: Spark Masayuki Matsunaga DEM +13.1 gainIdahoIllinoisIndiana: Richard G. Lugar REP +18.9 gainIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaine: Edmund Muskie DEM +20.4Maryland: Paul S. Sarbanes DEM +17.7 gainMassachusetts: Edward M. Kennedy DEM +40.3Michigan: Donald Wayne Riegle DEM +5.6Minnesota: Hubert Humphrey Jr. DEM +42.5Mississippi: John Cornelius Stennis DEMMissouri: John Claggett Danforth REP +14.4 gainMontana: John David Melcher DEM +28.3Nebraska: Edward Zorinsky DEM +5.8 gainNevada: Howard Cannon DEM +31.6New HampshireNew Jersey: Harrison A. Williams DEM +22.6New Mexico: Harrison Hagan Schmitt REP +14.1 gainNew York: Daniel Patrick Moynihan DEM +10.7North CarolinaNorth Dakota: Quentin Northrup Burdick DEM +25.5Ohio: Howard Morton Metzenbaum DEM +3.0 gainOklahomaOregonPennsylvania: Henry John Heinz REP +5.6Rhode Island: John H. Chafee REP +15.7 gainSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennessee: Jim Sasser DEM +5.4 gainTexas: Lloyd Bentsen DEM +14.6Utah: Orrin G. Hatch REP +12.7 gainVermont: Robert T. Stafford REP +4.7Virginia: Harry F. Byrd IND +18.9Washington: Henry M. Jackson DEM +47.6West Virginia: Robert C. Byrd DEMWisconsin: William Proxmire DEM +45.2Wyoming: Malcolm Wallop REP +9.2 gainVermont: Robert T. Stafford REP +4.7New HampshireMassachusetts: Edward M. Kennedy DEM +40.3Rhode Island: John H. Chafee REP +15.7 gainConnecticut: Lowell P. Weicker REP +16.5New Jersey: Harrison A. Williams DEM +22.6Delaware: William V. Roth Jr. REP +12.2Maryland: Paul S. Sarbanes DEM +17.7 gainDistrict of Columbia
States with a race in 1976, coloured by the winning party and shaded by margin. Grey: no race.

Seats that changed party

All races

StateSeatWinnerPartyMarginBefore
Arizona Class I Dennis Webster DeConcini Democratic 10.7 Republican flip
California Class I Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa Republican 3.3 Democratic flip
Connecticut Class I Lowell P. Weicker Republican 16.5 Republican
Delaware Class I William V. Roth Jr. Republican 12.2 Republican
Florida Class I Lawton Chiles Democratic 26.0 Democratic
Hawaii Class I Spark Masayuki Matsunaga Democratic 13.1 Republican flip
Indiana Class I Richard G. Lugar Republican 18.9 Democratic flip
Maine Class I Edmund Muskie Democratic 20.4 Democratic
Maryland Class I Paul S. Sarbanes Democratic 17.7 Republican flip
Massachusetts Class I Edward M. Kennedy Democratic 40.3 Democratic
Michigan Class I Donald Wayne Riegle Democratic 5.6 Democratic
Minnesota Class I Hubert Humphrey Jr. Democratic 42.5 Democratic
Mississippi Class I John Cornelius Stennis Democratic — Democratic
Missouri Class I John Claggett Danforth Republican 14.4 Democratic flip
Montana Class I John David Melcher Democratic 28.3 Democratic
Nebraska Class I Edward Zorinsky Democratic 5.8 Republican flip
Nevada Class I Howard Cannon Democratic 31.6 Democratic
New Jersey Class I Harrison A. Williams Democratic 22.6 Democratic
New Mexico Class I Harrison Hagan Schmitt Republican 14.1 Democratic flip
New York Class I Daniel Patrick Moynihan Democratic 10.7 Crv
North Dakota Class I Quentin Northrup Burdick Democratic 25.5 Democratic
Ohio Class I Howard Morton Metzenbaum Democratic 3.0 Republican flip
Pennsylvania Class I Henry John Heinz Republican 5.6 Republican
Rhode Island Class I John H. Chafee Republican 15.7 Democratic flip
Tennessee Class I Jim Sasser Democratic 5.4 Republican flip
Texas Class I Lloyd Bentsen Democratic 14.6 Democratic
Utah Class I Orrin G. Hatch Republican 12.7 Democratic flip
Vermont Class I Robert T. Stafford Republican 4.7 Republican
Virginia Class I Harry F. Byrd Independent 18.9 Independent
Washington Class I Henry M. Jackson Democratic 47.6 Democratic
West Virginia Class I Robert C. Byrd Democratic — Democratic
Wisconsin Class I William Proxmire Democratic 45.2 Democratic
Wyoming Class I Malcolm Wallop Republican 9.2 Democratic flip

Source: FiveThirtyEight election-results; each race page links the official source it was compiled from.