The 1976 United States Senate election in Michigan took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Philip Hart decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term because he had terminal cancer. Republican turned Democrat Representative Donald Riegle won the open seat, keeping it in Democrats' hands.
Incumbent Senator Hart died of melanoma on December 26, and Riegle was appointed to finish the remaining days of his final term in office, giving him seniority over his freshman colleagues.
1976, united, states, senate, election, michigan, took, place, november, 1976, incumbent, democratic, senator, philip, hart, decided, retire, instead, seeking, fourth, term, because, terminal, cancer, republican, turned, democrat, representative, donald, riegl. The 1976 United States Senate election in Michigan took place on November 2 1976 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator Philip Hart decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term because he had terminal cancer Republican turned Democrat Representative Donald Riegle won the open seat keeping it in Democrats hands 1976 United States Senate election in Michigan 1970 November 2 1976 1982 Nominee Don Riegle Marvin Esch Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1 831 031 1 635 087 Percentage 52 46 46 85 County resultsRiegle 40 50 50 60 60 70 Esch 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 U S senator before election Philip Hart Democratic Elected U S Senator Don Riegle Democratic 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 Aftermath 5 See also 6 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Richard H Austin Michigan Secretary of State James L Elsman James G O Hara U S Representative from Utica Donald Riegle U S Representative from Flint Results edit 1976 Democratic U S Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Donald Riegle 325 705 44 31 Democratic Richard H Austin 208 310 28 34 Democratic James G O Hara 170 473 23 19 Democratic James L Elsman 30 655 4 17 Total votes 735 143 100 00 Republican primary editCandidates edit Deane Baker Thomas E Brennan former Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court Marvin L Esch U S Representative from Ann Arbor Robert J Huber former U S Representative from Troy and candidate for U S Senate in 1970 Results edit 1976 Republican U S Senate primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Marvin L Esch 209 250 44 23 Republican Thomas E Brennan 129 917 27 46 Republican Robert J Huber 82 092 17 35 Republican Deane Baker 51 852 10 96 Total votes 473 111 100 00 General election editResults edit General election results 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Don Riegle 1 831 031 52 46 nbsp 14 38 Republican Marvin Esch 1 635 087 46 85 nbsp 13 96 Libertarian Bette Jane Erwin 8 842 0 25 N A Human Rights Theodore G Albert 7 281 0 21 N A Socialist Workers Paula L Reimers 3 399 0 10 nbsp 0 05 Socialist Labor Frank Girard 2 554 0 07 nbsp 0 06 U S Labor Peter A Signorelli 2 218 0 06 N A Total votes 3 490 412 100 00 Democratic hold SwingAftermath editIncumbent Senator Hart died of melanoma on December 26 and Riegle was appointed to finish the remaining days of his final term in office giving him seniority over his freshman colleagues See also edit1976 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Our Campaigns MI US Senate D Primary Race Aug 03 1976 Our Campaigns MI US Senate R Primary Race Aug 03 1976 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2 1976 PDF Clerk of the House of Representatives p 21 nbsp This Michigan elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1976 United States Senate election in Michigan amp oldid 1201447987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
