United States Senate election in Arizona, 1976

November 2, 1976



Nominee	Dennis DeConcini	Sam Steiger
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	400,334	321,236
Percentage	54.0%	43.3%

U.S. Senator before election

Paul Fannin
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Dennis DeConcini
Democratic

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The 1976 United States Senate election in Arizona took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican senator Paul Fannin decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Democrat Dennis DeConcini won the open seat.

Major candidates

Democratic

Dennis DeConcini, attorney and businessman

Republican

Sam Steiger, U.S. Congressman of Arizona's 3rd congressional district

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dennis DeConcini	400,334	54.01%
	Republican	Sam Steiger	321,236	43.34%
	Independent	Bob Field	10,765	1.45%
	Libertarian	Allan Norwitz	7,310	0.99%
	Independent	Wm. Mathews Feighan	1,565	0.21%
Majority			79,098	8.68%
Turnout			741,210
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

References

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

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