1976 United States Senate election in Tennessee

none related races 1976 United States Senate elections March 2026 September 2023 1976 United States Senate election in Tennessee Tennessee presidential no 1970 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1970 1982 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1982 November 2, 1976 150x150px Senator Sasser.jpg Jim Sasser Democratic Party (United States) 751,180 52.46% Bill brock.jpg Bill Brock Republican Party (United States) 673,231 47.01% 1976 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg 300px County resultsSasser: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Brock: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Bill Brock Republican Party (United States) Jim Sasser Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bill Brock ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic challenger Jim Sasser. Several prominent Democrats ran in the Democratic primary. The most prominent was probably 1970 gubernatorial nominee John Jay Hooker; somewhat surprisingly to most observers, however, the winner of the primary was Jim Sasser, who had managed Albert Gore Sr.'s 1970 re-election campaign. Prior to his Senate re-election run, Brock was among those considered to replace Nelson Rockefeller as President Gerald Ford's running mate in the 1976 election.August 2, 1976 Again, Connally for Veep? http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914427-2,00.html dead Time https://web.archive.org/web/20121024205027/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914427-2,00.html October 24, 2012 January 10, 2009United Press International, Ford Lists Possible 1976 Running Mates, Bangor Daily News, January 23, 1976. Primary 18.1% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 22 Major candidates Republican Bill Brock, incumbent U.S. senator since 1971 Democratic John Jay Hooker, attorney and candidate for governor in 1966 and nominee in 1970 Jim Sasser, attorney and Democratic activist Results 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 46 Democratic Party (US) James Sasser 751,180 52.46 Republican Party (US) Bill Brock (incumbent) 673,231 47.01 Independent (politician) Mark Clark Bates 5,137 0.36 Independent (politician) Willie C. Jacox 1,406 0.10 Independent (politician) Arnold Joseph Zandie 1,061 0.07 None Write-ins 31 0.00 77,949 5.45 1,432,046 Democratic Party (US) Republican Party (US) See also 1976 United States Senate elections 1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee References Works cited Steed Robert Moreland Laurence Baker Tod Party Politics in the South Praeger Publishers 1980 0030565863 Tennessee 1976 Category:1976 Tennessee elections