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United States Senate election, 1976

United States Senate elections, 1976
United States
← 1974 November 2, 1976 1978 →

33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Robert Byrd Majority Portrait.jpg Howard baker jr.jpg
Leader Robert Byrd Howard Baker
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat West Virginia Tennessee
Last election 61 seats 37 seats
Seats before 61 37
Seats won 61 38
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 31,790,526 24,562,431
Percentage 53.7% 41.5%
Swing Decrease 1.5% Increase 1.9%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent Conservative (N.Y.)
Last election 1 seat 1 seat
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 311,494

1976 Senate election map.svg
  Democratic gain
  Democratic hold
  Republican gain
  Republican hold
  Independent hold

Majority Leader before election

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Robert Byrd
Democratic


Mike Mansfield
Democratic

Robert Byrd
Democratic

The United States Senate elections, 1976 was an election for the United States Senate that coincided with Democratic Jimmy Carter's election to the presidency and the United States Bicentennial celebration. Although almost half of the seats being decided in this election changed parties, Carter's narrow victory did not provide coattails for the Democrats, and the balance of the chamber remained the same. This was the first election in which the Libertarian Party competed, running candidates in 9 of the 33 contested seats.

The leaders of both parties retired. Democrats had a net gain of one seat from retirements.

Republicans had a net gain of one seat from re-election gains.

A bolded state name links to an article about that state's election.


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