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The 1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey won re-election to a fifth term. This is the last U.S. Senate election in which a candidate won all of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Hubert H. Humphrey (incumbent) | 317,632 | 91.3% | |
Democratic (DFL) | Dick Bullock | 30,262 | 8.7% | |
Total votes | 347,894 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Ind.-Republican | Jerry Brekke | 76,183 | 54.5% | |
Ind.-Republican | Richard "Dick" Franson | 32,115 | 23.0% | |
Ind.-Republican | John H. Glover | 13,014 | 9.3% | |
Ind.-Republican | Roland "Butch" Riemers | 9,307 | 6.7% | |
Ind.-Republican | Bea Mooney | 9,150 | 6.5% | |
Total votes | 139,769 | 100.0% |
Helm
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Hubert H. Humphrey (incumbent) | 1,290,736 | 67.51% | |
Ind.-Republican | Jerry Brekke | 478,602 | 25.03% | |
American | Paul Helm | 125,612 | 6.57% | |
Socialist Workers | Bill Peterson | 9,380 | 0.49% | |
Libertarian | Robin E. Miller | 5,476 | 0.29% | |
Communist | Matt Savola | 2,214 | 0.12% | |
Total votes | 1,912,029 | 100.00% | ||
Majority | 686,522 | 35.91% | ||
Turnout | 1,912,029 | 90.55% | ||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
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