1976 United States Senate election in Indiana

1976 United States Senate election in Indiana
	County results ; Lugar: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Hartke: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Vance Hartke; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Richard Lugar; Republican

The 1976 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Vance Hartke ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was defeated by Republican challenger Richard Lugar.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Vance Hartke, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1959
Philip H. Hayes, U.S. Representative from Evansville

Results

1976 Democratic Senate primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vance Hartke (incumbent)	304,076	53.08%
	Democratic	Philip H. Hayes	268,790	46.92%
Total votes			572,866	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

William P. Costas, businessman from Valparaiso
Richard Lugar, former Mayor of Indianapolis and nominee for Senate in 1974
Edgar Whitcomb, former governor of Indiana

Results

1976 Republican Senate primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Lugar	393,064	65.45%
	Republican	Edgar Whitcomb	179,203	29.84%
	Republican	William P. Costas	28,329	4.72%
Total votes			600,596	100.00%

Results

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Lugar	1,275,833	59.03%
	Democratic	Vance Hartke (incumbent)	868,522	40.19%
	Independent politician	Don L. Lee	14,321	0.66%
	U.S. Labor	David Lee Hoagland	2,511	0.12%
Majority			407,311	18.85%
Turnout			2,161,187
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate- D Primary Race - May 04, 1976".
^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate- R Primary Race - May 04, 1976".
^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 14.

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[1] "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate- D Primary Race - May 04, 1976".

[2] "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate- R Primary Race - May 04, 1976".

[3] "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 14.

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1976 United States Senate election in Indiana

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Results

See also

References