United States Senate elections, 1976

United States Senate elections, 1976

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   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 1 Popular vote 31,790,526 24,562,431 Percentage 53.7% 41.5% Swing 1.5% 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 1 Popular vote 311,494

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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