1976 United States Senate election in New York

1976 United States Senate election in New York
	County results; Moynihan: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Buckley: 50-60% 60-70% 70–80%
U.S. senator before election; James L. Buckley; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Pat Moynihan; Democratic

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

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Bella Abzug, U.S. Representative from the West Side of Manhattan
Ramsey Clark, former United States Attorney General and nominee for Senate in 1974
Abraham Hirschfeld, real estate developer
Pat Moynihan, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former Ambassador to India
Paul O'Dwyer, former New York City Council President and nominee for Senate in 1968

Convention[]

Democratic Party Convention results^[1]
Party		Candidate	%
	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%

Primary results[]

1976 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[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 primary[]

Candidates[]

James L. Buckley, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971
Peter A. Peyser, U.S. Representative from Irvington

Results[]

1976 Republican U.S. Senate primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James L. Buckley (incumbent)	242,257	70.45
	Republican	Peter Peyser	101,629	29.55
Total votes			343,886	100.00

Results[]

1976 U.S. Senate election in New York^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pat Moynihan	3,238,511	51.26%
	Liberal	Pat Moynihan	184,083	2.91%
	Total	Pat Moynihan	3,422,594	54.17%
	Republican	James L. Buckley (incumbent)	2,525,139	39.96%
	Conservative	James L. Buckley (incumbent)	311,494	4.93%
	Total	James L. Buckley (incumbent)	2,836,633	44.89%	N/A
	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
Total votes			6,318,377	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 14, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
^ "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - R Primary". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 30 Dec 2020.
^ "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.

[primary1976-1] "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 14, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.

[2] "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - R Primary". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 30 Dec 2020.

[3] "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.

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1976 United States Senate election in New York

Contents

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Convention[]

Primary results[]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]