United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1976

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1976
November 2, 1976

 
Nominee Hubert H. Humphrey Jerry Brekke
Party DFL Independent-Republican
Popular vote 1,290,736 478,602
Percentage 67.51% 25.03%
 
Nominee Paul Helm
Party American
Popular vote 125,612
Percentage 6.57%
Humphrey:
  Democrat >= 50%
  Democrat >= 60%
  Democrat >= 70%
  Democrat >= 80%
U.S. Senator before election

Hubert H. Humphrey
DFL

 Elected U.S. Senator

Hubert H. Humphrey
DFL

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.

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
DFL Hubert H. Humphrey (Incumbent) 317,632 91.3%
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 %
Independent-Republican Jerry Brekke 76,183 54.5%
Independent-Republican Richard "Dick" Franson 32,115 23.0%
Independent-Republican John H. Glover 13,014 9.3%
Independent-Republican Roland "Butch" Riemers 9,307 6.7%
Independent-Republican Bea Mooney 9,150 6.5%
Total votes 139,769 100.0%

General election

Results

General election results[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
DFL Hubert H. Humphrey (Incumbent) 1,290,736 67.51%
Independent-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   90.55
DFL hold

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Minnesota Election Results 1976 (Primary Election)" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wf4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LYUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7042,3318275&dq=jerry+brekke&hl=en
  3. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf
  4. ↑ https://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sessions/electionresults/1976-11-02-g-sec.pdf
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