1976 United States Senate election in New York

The 1976 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James Buckley ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Pat Moynihan.

1976 United States Senate election in New York
November 2, 1976
 
Nominee Pat Moynihan James Buckley
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Liberal Conservative
Popular vote 3,422,594 2,836,633
Percentage 54.1% 44.9%
County results
U.S. senator before election

James Buckley
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Pat Moynihan
Democratic

Elections in New York State

Major candidates

Democratic
Democratic Party Convention results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul O'Dwyer 32.50
Democratic Pat Moynihan 31.10
Democratic Bella Abzug 28.70
Democratic Ramsey Clark 7.00
Democratic Abraham Hirschfeld 0.70
Total votes 100.00
Democratic Party Primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pat Moynihan 333,697 36.41
Democratic Bella Abzug 323,705 35.32
Democratic Ramsey Clark 94,191 10.28
Democratic Paul O'Dwyer 82,689 9.02
Democratic Abraham Hirschfeld 82,331 8.98
Total votes 916,613 100.00

Republican
  • James Buckley, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971 and brother of conservative activist William F. Buckley
  • Peter Peyser, U.S. Congressman (1971-1977)
Republican Party Primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Buckley (incumbent) 242,257 70.45
Republican Peter Peyser 101,629 29.55
Total votes 343,886 100.00

Results
General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Pat Moynihan 3,238,511
Liberal Pat Moynihan 184,083
total Pat Moynihan 3,422,594 54.17 + 17.21
Republican James Buckley 2,525,139
Conservative James Buckley 311,494
total James Buckley (incumbent) 2,836,633 44.90 + 5.95
Communist Herbert Aptheker 25,141 0.40 + 0.37
Socialist Workers Marcia Gallo 16,350 0.26 + 0.20
Libertarian Martin E. Nixon 10,943 0.17 + 0.17
U.S. Labor Elijah C. Boyd 6,716 0.11 + 0.11

See also

References
  1. "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 14, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  2. "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - C Convention Race - Apr 07, 1970". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  3. "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
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