United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1976

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United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1976

← 1970 November 2, 1976 1982 →
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Nominee Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Gloria Schaffer
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 785,683 561,018
Percentage 57.7% 41.2%

U.S. senator before election

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Republican

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

Results

General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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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