1976 Senate elections · Tennessee history
Tennessee U.S. Senate election 1976
Jim Sasser DEM +5.4 gain · Class I seat · held 11/2/76
- Votes counted
- 1,432,046
- Margin
- 5.4 pts
- Seat held by
- Republicanchanged party
- President in TN
- D+13.0same year
General election 11/2/76
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Sasser Won | DEM | 751,180 | 52.46% | |
| Bill Brock | REP | 673,231 | 47.01% | |
| Mark Clark Bates | IND | 5,137 | 0.36% | |
| Willie C. Jacox | IND | 1,406 | 0.10% | |
| Arnold Joseph Zandie | IND | 1,061 | 0.07% | |
| Write-in | — | 31 | 0.00% | |
| Total | 1,432,046 | |||
Official source: data
Other Tennessee Senate races
| Year | Seat | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Class I | Marsha Blackburn | 29.6 |
| 2020 | Class II | Bill Hagerty | 27.0 |
| 2018 | Class I | Marsha Blackburn | 10.8 |
| 2014 | Class II | Lamar Alexander | 30.0 |
| 2012 | Class I | Bob Corker | 34.5 |
| 2008 | Class II | Lamar Alexander | 33.5 |
| 2006 | Class I | Bob Corker | 2.7 |
| 2002 | Class II | Lamar Alexander | 9.9 |
| 2000 | Class I | Bill Frist | 32.9 |
| 1996 | Class II | Fred Thompson | 24.6 |
| 1994 | Class I | Bill Frist | 14.3 |
| 1994 special | Class II | Fred Thompson | 21.8 |
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Questions and answers
Who won the 1976 Tennessee Senate race?
Jim Sasser (DEM) won with 52.5% of the vote, ahead of Bill Brock (47.0%), a margin of 5.4 points.
Did the Tennessee Senate seat change party in 1976?
Yes. It moved from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party.
How many votes were cast in the 1976 Tennessee Senate race?
1,432,046 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.
Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.