1976 United States Senate election in Ohio

1976 United States Senate election in Ohio

← 1970 November 2, 1976 1982 →

Nominee Howard Metzenbaum Robert Taft Jr. Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,941,113 1,823,774 Percentage 49.51% 46.52%

County Results Metzenbaum:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Taft:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Robert Taft Jr. Republican Elected U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum Democratic

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The 1976 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican senator Robert Taft, Jr. ran for re-election to second term. Democrat Howard Metzenbaum, who had briefly served in the Senate in 1974, unseated Taft in a rematch of the 1970 election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Richard B. Kay, Cleveland attorney and perennial candidate
• Howard Metzenbaum, former State Senator from Lyndhurst and interim United States Senator in 1974
• James D. Nolan, nominee for Ohio Secretary of State in 1966
• James V. Stanton, U.S. Representative from Cleveland

Results

General election

Results

General election results^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Howard Metzenbaum	1,941,113	49.51%	2.06
	Republican	Robert Taft, Jr. (incumbent)	1,823,774	46.52%	3.16
	Independent	John O'Neill	53,657	1.37%	N/A
	American Independent	Donald E. Babcock	36,979	0.94%	1.00
	Independent	Emma Lila Fundaburk	33,285	0.85%	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Melissa Singler	31,805	0.81%	0.11
Majority			117,339	2.99%
Turnout			3,920,613
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

• 1976 United States Senate elections

References

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