1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota

← 1970

November 2, 1976

1978 (special) →


Nominee	Hubert H. Humphrey	Jerry Brekke	Paul Helm
Party	Democratic (DFL)	Ind.-Republican	American
Popular vote	1,290,736	478,602	125,612
Percentage	67.51%	25.03%	6.57%

County results
Humphrey: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic (DFL)

Elected U.S. Senator

Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic (DFL)

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Minneapolis

The 1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey won re-election to a fifth term. This is the last U.S. Senate election in which a candidate won all of Minnesota's 87 counties.

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Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Declared

Dick Bullock
Hubert H. Humphrey, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971, Democratic nominee for President in 1968, former Vice President of the United States (1965–1969), former U.S. Senator (1949–1964)

Results

Democratic primary election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Hubert H. Humphrey (incumbent)	317,632	91.3%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dick Bullock	30,262	8.7%
Total votes			347,894	100.0%

Independent-Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Jerry Brekke, College professor^[2]
Richard "Dick" Franson
John H. Glover
Bea Mooney
Roland "Butch" Riemers

Results

Republican primary election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind.-Republican	Jerry Brekke	76,183	54.5%
	Ind.-Republican	Richard "Dick" Franson	32,115	23.0%
	Ind.-Republican	John H. Glover	13,014	9.3%
	Ind.-Republican	Roland "Butch" Riemers	9,307	6.7%
	Ind.-Republican	Bea Mooney	9,150	6.5%
Total votes			139,769	100.0%

General election

Results

General election results^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Hubert H. Humphrey (incumbent)	1,290,736	67.51%
	Ind.-Republican	Jerry Brekke	478,602	25.03%
	American	Paul Helm	125,612	6.57%
	Socialist Workers	Bill Peterson	9,380	0.49%
	Libertarian	Robin E. Miller	5,476	0.29%
	Communist	Matt Savola	2,214	0.12%
Total votes			1,912,029	100.00%
Majority			686,522	35.91%
Turnout			1,912,029	90.55%
	Democratic (DFL) hold

References

^ ^a ^b "Minnesota Election Results 1976 (Primary Election)" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
^ "The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search".
^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 24.
^ "Minnesota General Election - November 2, 1986" (PDF). Minnesota Legislature.

Elections in Minnesota

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Lieutenant gubernatorial elections	1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1966 1970
Secretary of State elections	2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
State Auditor elections	1934 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Attorney General elections	1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Legislative elections

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- Amendment 1
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Minneapolis

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1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota

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Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Independent-Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

General election

Results

See also

References