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United States Senate election in Indiana, 1976

United States Senate election in Indiana, 1976
Indiana
1970 ←
November 2, 1976 → 1982

  Richard Lugar 1977 congressional photo.jpg Vance Hartke.jpg
Nominee Richard Lugar Vance Hartke
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,275,833 868,522
Percentage 59.0% 40.2%

U.S. Senator before election

Vance Hartke
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Richard Lugar
Republican


Vance Hartke
Democratic

Richard Lugar
Republican

The 1976 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Vance Hartke ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was defeated by Republican challenger Richard Lugar.



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