Elections by year

1976 elections

Every election in 1976 in the 99chambers archive: generals, primaries, specials and runoffs for Congress, governor, statewide offices and the state legislatures.

← 19751977 →

Races6,644
Changed party445
Unopposed26%1,375 races
Incumbents defeated333

Jan 1, 1976 special

2 races in 2 states: State legislatures

May 1, 1976 special

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

1976 primaries

1,169 races in 8 states: State legislatures

Jun 1, 1976 runoff

34 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Aug 1, 1976 runoff

30 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Aug 1, 1976 special

2 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Sep 1, 1976 runoff

34 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Nov 1, 1976 special

4 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Nov 2, 1976 general

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

1976 general

5,367 races in 51 states: President, U.S. Senate, Governors, U.S. House, State legislaturesD 292 · R 143

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); English Wikipedia; Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab