1976 United States Senate election in Virginia

← 1970

November 2, 1976

1982 →

Turnout

47.0%^[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 results
Byrd:      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

Federal government

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Governor
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Attorney General
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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.

General election

Candidates

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

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 hold

References

^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
^ 1976 Senatorial General Election Results - Virginia

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