1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota

none March 2026 September 2023 1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota Minnesota 1957 presidential no 1970 United States Senate election in Minnesota 1970 1978 United States Senate special election in Minnesota 1978 (special) November 2, 1976 150x150px Hubert Humphrey senate portrait.jpg Hubert Humphrey Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 1,290,736 67.51% No_image.svg Jerry Brekke Independent-Republicans of Minnesota 478,602 25.03% No_image.svg Paul Helm American Party (1969) 125,612 6.57% 1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota results map by county.svg County resultsHumphrey: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% 270px U.S. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Hubert H. Humphrey Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 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. Humphrey would die in office a little over a year later in January 1978. Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary Candidates Declared Dick Bullock Hubert H. Humphrey, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971, Democratic nominee for President in 1968, former Vice President of the United States (1965–1969), former U.S. Senator (1949–1964) Results Democratic primary election resultshttps://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sessions/electionresults/1976-09-14-p-sec.pdf Minnesota Election Results 1976 (Primary Election) Minnesota Secretary of State October 22, 2017 August 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200828043116/https://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sessions/electionresults/1976-09-14-p-sec.pdf live Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Hubert H. Humphrey (incumbent) 317,632 91.3% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Dick Bullock 30,262 8.7% 347,894 100.0% Independent-Republican primary Candidates Declared Jerry Brekke, College professorhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wf4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LYUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7042,3318275&dq=jerry+brekke&hl=en The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search June 18, 2015 April 28, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160428211823/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wf4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LYUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7042%2C3318275&dq=jerry%20brekke&hl=en live Richard "Dick" Franson John H. Glover Bea Mooney Roland "Butch" Riemers Results Republican primary election results Independent-Republicans of Minnesota Jerry Brekke 76,183 54.5% Independent-Republicans of Minnesota Richard "Dick" Franson 32,115 23.0% Independent-Republicans of Minnesota John H. Glover 13,014 9.3% Independent-Republicans of Minnesota Roland "Butch" Riemers 9,307 6.7% Independent-Republicans of Minnesota Bea Mooney 9,150 6.5% 139,769 100.0% General election Results thumb|right|280px|County Results of the American Party: Helm #e5d5ff 0-2.5% #ccaaff 2.5-5% #b380ff 5-7.5% #9955ff 7.5-10% #7f2aff 10-12.5% #6600ff 12.5-15% #5500d4 15-17.5% #4400aa 17.5-20% General election resultsStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf Clerk of the House of Representatives 24 August 24, 2022 February 24, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210224034429/https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf live Minnesota General Election - November 2, 1986 https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1976-11-02-g-sec.pdf Minnesota Legislature August 24, 2022 August 24, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220824194131/https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1976-11-02-g-sec.pdf live Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Hubert H. Humphrey (incumbent) 1,290,736 67.51% Independent-Republican Party Jerry Brekke 478,602 25.03% American Party (1969) Paul Helm 125,612 6.57% Socialist Workers Party (United States) Bill Peterson 9,380 0.49% Libertarian Party (United States) Robin E. Miller 5,476 0.29% Communist Party (United States) Matt Savola 2,214 0.12% 1,912,029 100.00% 686,522 35.91% 1,912,029 90.55% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Independent-Republican Party See also 1976 United States Senate elections References Minnesota 1976 Category:1976 Minnesota elections Category:Hubert Humphrey