United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1976
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1976 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker Jr. won re-election to a second term.
Major candidates
Democratic
Republican
- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (inc.) | 785,683 | 57.70% | ||
Democratic | Gloria Schaffer | 561,018 | 41.20% | ||
George Wallace | Robert Barnabei | 14,407 | 1.06% | ||
Others | 558 | 0.0% | |||
Majority | 224,665 | 16.50% | |||
Turnout | 1,361,666 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
References
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