United States Senate election in Florida, 1976

November 2, 1976



Nominee	Lawton Chiles	John Grady
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,799,518	1,057,886
Percentage	63.0%	37.0%

U.S. Senator before election

Lawton Chiles
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Lawton Chiles
Democratic

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The 1976 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles won re-election to a second term.

Major candidates

Democratic

Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator since 1971

Republican

John Grady, Mayor of Belle Glade^[1]

Results

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lawton Chiles	1,799,518	63.0
	Republican	John Grady	1,057,886	37.0
	Write-In	Ed Ice	123	0.0
	Write-In	Tim Adams	7	0.0

References

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