United States Senate election in Virginia, 1976
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| U.S. Senate election results map. Gray denotes counties/districts won by Byrd. Blue denotes those won by Zumwalt. Red denotes those won by Perper. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. was reelected over retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and state legislator Martin H. Perper.
Candidates
- Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I), incumbent U.S. Senator
- Elmo Zumwalt (D), former Naval officer and Chief of Naval Operations
- Martin H. Perper (I), former Republican member of Virginia state legislature
Results
| General election results[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (inc.) | 890,778 | 57.19% | +3.65% | |
| Democratic | Elmo Zumwalt | 596,009 | 38.27% | +7.12% | |
| Independent | Martin H. Perper | 70,559 | 4.53% | +4.53% | |
| write-ins | 154 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 294,769 | 18.93% | -3.45% | ||
| Turnout | 1,557,500 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
References
- ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=51&year=1976&f=0&elect=0&off=3
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