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The 1976 Senate map

33 Senate contests were decided in 1976: Democrats won 21, Republicans 11, independents and others 1. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.

1976 US Senate elections
1976 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1976 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · —Alaska · —Arizona · D+10.7Colorado · —Florida · D+26.0Georgia · —Indiana · R+18.8Kansas · —Maine · D+20.4Massachusetts · D+40.3Minnesota · D+42.5New Jersey · D+22.6North Carolina · —North Dakota · D+25.5Oklahoma · —Pennsylvania · R+5.6South Dakota · —Texas · D+14.5Wyoming · R+9.2Connecticut · R+16.5Missouri · R+14.4West Virginia · D+100.0Illinois · —New Mexico · R+14.1Arkansas · —California · R+3.3Delaware · R+12.2District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+13.1Iowa · —Kentucky · —Maryland · D+17.7Michigan · D+5.6Mississippi · D+100.0Montana · D+28.3New Hampshire · —New York · D+10.7Ohio · D+3.0Oregon · —Tennessee · D+5.4Utah · R+12.7Virginia · O+23.5Washington · D+47.6Wisconsin · D+45.6Nebraska · D+5.8South Carolina · —Idaho · —Nevada · D+31.6Vermont · R+4.7Louisiana · —Rhode Island · R+15.7
1976Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 1976, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+4.7MAD+40.3RIR+15.7CTR+16.5NJD+22.6DER+12.2MDD+17.7
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won (e.g. Vermont or Maine). Where a state ran two contests in one year, the map shows the regular-cycle result.
Cycle summary
Wins by party — seats decided this cycle, not the resulting chamber balance.
Contests
33
Democratic wins
21
Republican wins
11
Other wins
1
Democratic 2121Republican 1111Other 11
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
ArizonaD
+10.7%
400,334321,236741,210
CaliforniaR
−3.3%
3,502,8623,748,9737,470,586
ConnecticutR
−16.5%
561,018785,6831,361,666
DelawareR
−12.2%
98,042125,454224,795
FloridaD
+26.0%
1,799,5181,057,8862,857,534
HawaiiD
+13.1%
162,305122,724302,092
IndianaR
−18.8%
868,5221,275,8332,161,187
MassachusettsD
+40.3%
1,726,657722,6412,491,255
MarylandD
+17.7%
772,101530,4391,365,290
MaineD
+20.4%
292,704193,489486,193
MichiganD
+5.6%
1,831,0311,635,0873,490,412
MinnesotaD
+42.5%
1,290,736478,6021,912,020
MissouriR
−14.4%
813,5711,090,0671,914,460
MississippiD
+100.0%
554,4330554,433
MontanaD
+28.3%
206,232115,213321,445
North DakotaD
+25.5%
175,772103,466283,062
NebraskaD
+5.8%
313,805279,284593,252
New JerseyD
+22.6%
1,681,1401,054,5082,771,390
New MexicoR
−14.1%
176,382234,681413,056
NevadaD
+31.6%
127,21463,471201,899
New YorkD
+10.7%
3,238,5112,525,1396,666,875
OhioD
+3.0%
1,941,1131,823,7743,920,613
PennsylvaniaR
−5.6%
2,126,9772,381,8914,546,353
Rhode IslandR
−15.7%
167,665230,329398,906
TennesseeD
+5.4%
751,180673,2311,432,015
TexasD
+14.5%
2,199,9561,636,3703,874,230
UtahR
−12.7%
223,948290,221522,108
VirginiaO
+38.3%
596,00901,557,346
VermontR
−4.7%
85,68294,481189,060
WashingtonD
+47.6%
1,071,219361,5461,491,111
WisconsinD
+45.6%
1,404,324521,9021,935,183
West VirginiaD
+100.0%
566,3590566,359
WyomingR
−9.2%
70,55884,810155,368