United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1976

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United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1976

← 1970 November 2, 1976 1982 →
  Sen Harrison Schmitt.jpg Joseph M Montoya.jpg
Nominee Harrison Schmitt Joseph Montoya
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 234,681 176,382
Percentage 56.8% 42.7%

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County results

U.S. senator before election

Joseph Montoya
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Harrison Schmitt
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1976 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph Montoya ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Republican Harrison Schmitt.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Harrison Schmitt 234,681 56.82% +9.69%
Democratic Joseph Montoya (inc.) 176,382 42.70% -10.17%
La Raza Unida Ernesto B. Borunda 1,087 0.26%
American Independent Matt Dillion 906 0.22%
Majority 58,299 14.11% +8.36%
Turnout 413,056
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

References

  1. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf

External links

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