Elections / 1976 · US Senate
The 1976 Senate map
33 Senate contests were decided in 1976: Democrats won 21, Republicans 11, independents and others 1. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.
1976 U.S. Senate elections
Dem. caucus 6251for control38 Republicans
Democrats held control. Independents (Sanders, King) are counted in the caucus they organize with and shown in gold on the map.
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States with a seat up this cycle, filled by margin · cyan outlines a seat that flipped party · gold an independent · hover for the detail
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
| State | Won | Margin | Pres. 1976 | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | D | R+16.6 | 400,334 | 321,236 | 741,210 | |
| California | R | R+1.8 | 3,502,862 | 3,748,973 | 7,470,586 | |
| Connecticut | R | R+5.2 | 561,018 | 785,683 | 1,361,666 | |
| Delaware | R | D+5.4 | 98,042 | 125,454 | 224,795 | |
| Florida | D | D+5.3 | 1,799,518 | 1,057,886 | 2,857,534 | |
| Hawaii | D | D+2.5 | 162,305 | 122,724 | 302,092 | |
| Indiana | R | R+7.6 | 868,522 | 1,275,833 | 2,161,187 | |
| Massachusetts | D | D+15.7 | 1,726,657 | 722,641 | 2,491,255 | |
| Maryland | D | D+6.1 | 772,101 | 530,439 | 1,365,290 | |
| Maine | D | R+0.8 | 292,704 | 193,489 | 486,193 | |
| Michigan | D | R+5.4 | 1,831,031 | 1,635,087 | 3,490,412 | |
| Minnesota | D | D+12.9 | 1,290,736 | 478,602 | 1,912,020 | |
| Missouri | R | D+3.6 | 813,571 | 1,090,067 | 1,914,460 | |
| Mississippi | D | D+1.9 | 554,433 | 0 | 554,433 | |
| Montana | D | R+7.4 | 206,232 | 115,213 | 321,445 | |
| North Dakota | D | R+5.9 | 175,772 | 103,466 | 283,062 | |
| Nebraska | D | R+20.7 | 313,805 | 279,284 | 593,252 | |
| New Jersey | D | R+2.2 | 1,681,140 | 1,054,508 | 2,771,390 | |
| New Mexico | R | R+2.5 | 176,382 | 234,681 | 413,056 | |
| Nevada | D | R+4.4 | 127,214 | 63,471 | 201,899 | |
| New York | D | D+4.4 | 3,238,511 | 2,525,139 | 6,666,875 | |
| Ohio | D | D+0.3 | 1,941,113 | 1,823,774 | 3,920,613 | |
| Pennsylvania | R | D+2.7 | 2,126,977 | 2,381,891 | 4,546,353 | |
| Rhode Island | R | D+11.3 | 167,665 | 230,329 | 398,906 | |
| Tennessee | D | D+13.0 | 751,180 | 673,231 | 1,432,015 | |
| Texas | D | D+3.2 | 2,199,956 | 1,636,370 | 3,874,230 | |
| Utah | R | R+28.8 | 223,948 | 290,221 | 522,108 | |
| Virginia | O | R+1.3 | 596,009 | 0 | 1,557,346 | |
| Vermont | R | R+11.2 | 85,682 | 94,481 | 189,060 | |
| Washington | D | R+3.9 | 1,071,219 | 361,546 | 1,491,111 | |
| Wisconsin | D | D+1.7 | 1,404,324 | 521,902 | 1,935,183 | |
| West Virginia | D | D+16.1 | 566,359 | 0 | 566,359 | |
| Wyoming | R | R+19.5 | 70,558 | 84,810 | 155,368 |
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1976 US Senate returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · statewide certified totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.