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1976 United States Senate election in Ohio 
Summary
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.
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 County results Metzenbaum: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Taft: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- 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 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Howard Metzenbaum | 576,124 | 53.58% | |
| Democratic | James V. Stanton | 400,552 | 37.26% | |
| Democratic | James D. Nolan | 62,979 | 5.86% | |
| Democratic | Richard B. Kay | 35,522 | 3.30% | |
| Total votes | 1,075,177 | 100.00% | ||
General election edit
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Howard Metzenbaum | 1,941,113 | 49.51% |  2.06
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| Republican | Robert Taft, Jr. (incumbent) | 1,823,774 | 46.52% |  3.16
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| Independent | John O'Neill | 53,657 | 1.37% | N/A | |
| American Independent | Donald E. Babcock | 36,979 | 0.94% | 1.00
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| Independent | Emma Lila Fundaburk | 33,285 | 0.85% | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | Melissa Singler | 31,805 | 0.81% | 0.11
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| Majority | 117,339 | 2.99% | |||
| Turnout | 3,920,613 | ||||
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate - D Primary Race - Jun 08, 1976".
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 19, 2019.