The 1976 United States Senate election in California took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John V. Tunney ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Republican S. I. Hayakawa. As of 2023, this is the last time an incumbent Democratic Senator from California lost re-election.
^"Our Campaigns - CA US Senate - D Primary Race - Jun 08, 1976".
^"Our Campaigns - CA US Senate - R Primary Race - Jun 08, 1976".
^"Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 4.
August 18, 2023
1976, united, states, senate, election, california, took, place, november, 1976, incumbent, democratic, senator, john, tunney, election, second, term, defeated, republican, hayakawa, 2023, this, last, time, incumbent, democratic, senator, from, california, los. The 1976 United States Senate election in California took place on November 2 1976 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator John V Tunney ran for re election to a second term but was defeated by Republican S I Hayakawa As of 2023 this is the last time an incumbent Democratic Senator from California lost re election 1976 United States Senate election in California 1970 November 2 1976 1982 Nominee S I Hayakawa John V TunneyParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 3 748 973 3 502 862Percentage 50 1 46 9 County resultsHayakawa 40 50 50 60 60 70 Tunney 40 50 50 60 U S senator before electionJohn V TunneyDemocratic Elected U S Senator S I HayakawaRepublican Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary EditCandidates Edit Lois T Bodle Leslie W Les Craven nominee for U S Representative in California s 25th congressional district in 1970 and 1972 Howard L Gifford candidate for U S Senate in 1974 Tom Hayden anti war activist and husband of Jane Fonda Millard F Slover Frank L Thomas John V Tunney incumbent U S Senator Bob Wallach Ronald L WilliamsResults Edit 1976 Democratic U S Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic John V Tunney incumbent 1 774 879 53 79 Democratic Tom Hayden 1 210 637 36 69 Democratic Bob Wallach 73 142 2 22 Democratic Lois T Bodle 54 220 1 64 Democratic Frank L Thomas 53 843 1 63 Democratic Howard L Gifford 46 977 1 42 Democratic Ronald L Williams 29 511 0 89 Democratic Leslie W Craven 28 583 0 87 Democratic Millard F Slover 28 108 0 85 Write in All others 25 0 00 Total votes 3 299 925 100 00 Republican primary EditCandidates Edit Alphonzo E Bell Jr U S Representative from Santa Monica Hannibal C Burchette V Robert H Finch former Lieutenant Governor of California United States Secretary of Health Education and Welfare and advisor to President Richard Nixon John L Harmer former Lieutenant Governor and State Senator S I Hayakawa professor of semantics and president emeritus of San Francisco State University Henry Hill Michael A Hirt Walter Hollywood Clyde F Tracy James A Ware perennial candidateResults Edit 1976 Republican U S Senate primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican S I Hayakawa 886 743 38 25 Republican Robert H Finch 614 240 26 49 Republican Alphonzo E Bell Jr 532 969 22 99 Republican John L Harmer 197 252 8 51 Republican Walter Hollywood 28 163 1 22 Republican Clyde F Tracy 17 784 0 77 Republican James A Ware 14 990 0 65 Republican Henry Hill 10 290 0 44 Republican Michael A Hirt 9 941 0 43 Republican Hannibal C Burchette V 6 222 0 27 Total votes 2 318 594 100 00 General election EditResults Edit General election results 3 Party Candidate Votes Republican S I Hayakawa 3 748 973 50 12 Democratic John V Tunney incumbent 3 502 862 46 89 Peace and Freedom David Wald 104 383 1 40 American Independent Jack McCoy 82 739 1 11 Independent Omari Musa 31 629 0 42 Majority 246 111 3 23 Turnout 7 470 586 100 00 Republican gain from DemocraticSee also Edit1976 United States Senate electionsReferences Edit Our Campaigns CA US Senate D Primary Race Jun 08 1976 Our Campaigns CA US Senate R Primary Race Jun 08 1976 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2 1976 PDF Clerk of the House of Representatives p 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1976 United States Senate election in California amp oldid 1168634961, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
