United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1976

November 2, 1976



Nominee	Harrison Schmitt	Joseph Montoya
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	234,681	176,382
Percentage	56.8%	42.7%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Joseph Montoya
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Harrison Schmitt
Republican

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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

Joseph Montoya, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Harrison Schmitt, former Astronaut

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

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

External links

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