U.S. Senate, 1976 Election

Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Date: September 14, 1976
Cycle: 1976
Office: U.S. Senate
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Hubert H. Humphrey Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 317,632 91.30 +82.60
Richard W. (Dick) Bullock Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 30,262 8.70

Senator Humphrey was renominated to a fifth nonconsecutive term.

Bullock was a resident of Wyoming, candidate for SD 21 in 1966, candidate for HD 21A in 1968 and 1970, candidate for SD 19 in 1972, DFL candidate for U.S. Senate in 1978, American nominee for the 8th CD in 1980, DFL candidate for Attorney General in 1986, and Independence candidate for Attorney General in 2002 and 2006.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Primary Election Results 1976, Office of Secretary of State (p. 2).