The 1976 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected to a second term over retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and state legislator Martin H. Perper. As of 2023, this is the last statewide race in Virginia that was won by an independent.
1976, united, states, senate, election, virginia, held, november, 1976, incumbent, senator, harry, byrd, elected, second, term, over, retired, admiral, elmo, zumwalt, state, legislator, martin, perper, 2023, this, last, statewide, race, virginia, that, indepen. The 1976 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 2 1976 Incumbent Senator Harry F Byrd Jr was re elected to a second term over retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and state legislator Martin H Perper As of 2023 this is the last statewide race in Virginia that was won by an independent 1976 United States Senate election in Virginia 1970 November 2 1976 1982 Turnout47 0 1 Nominee Harry F Byrd Jr Elmo Zumwalt Party Independent Democratic Popular vote 890 778 596 009 Percentage 57 19 38 27 County and independent city resultsByrd 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Zumwalt 40 50 50 60 60 70 Perper 40 50 U S senator before election Harry F Byrd Jr Independent Elected U S Senator Harry F Byrd Jr Independent Contents 1 General election 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 See also 3 ReferencesGeneral election editCandidates edit Harry F Byrd Jr incumbent U S Senator Independent Martin H Perper former member of Virginia state legislature Independent Republican Elmo Zumwalt former Naval officer and Chief of Naval Operations Democratic Results edit United States Senate election in Virginia 1976 2 Party Candidate Votes Independent Harry F Byrd Jr incumbent 890 778 57 19 3 65 Democratic Elmo Zumwalt 596 009 38 27 7 12 Independent Republican Martin H Perper 70 559 4 53 Write ins 154 0 01 Majority 294 769 18 93 3 45 Turnout 1 557 500 Independent holdSee also edit1976 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org Retrieved March 7 2013 1976 Senatorial General Election Results Virginia nbsp nbsp This Virginia 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 Virginia amp oldid 1192499936, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
