Election Name: | 1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1957 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1970 United States Senate election in Minnesota |
Previous Year: | 1970 |
Next Election: | 1978 United States Senate special election in Minnesota |
Next Year: | 1978 (special) |
Election Date: | November 2, 1976 |
Image1: | Hubert Humphrey senate portrait.jpg |
Nominee1: | Hubert H. Humphrey |
Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Popular Vote1: | 1,290,736 |
Percentage1: | 67.51% |
Nominee2: | Jerry Brekke |
Party2: | Independent-Republicans of Minnesota |
Popular Vote2: | 478,602 |
Percentage2: | 25.03% |
Image3: | No_image.svg |
Nominee3: | Paul Helm |
Party3: | American Party (1969) |
Popular Vote3: | 125,612 |
Percentage3: | 6.57% |
Map Size: | 270px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Hubert H. Humphrey |
Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
After Election: | Hubert H. Humphrey |
After Party: | 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.
thumb|right|200px|County Results of the American Party: