Election Name: | 1976 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Country: | North Dakota |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1970 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Previous Year: | 1970 |
Next Election: | 1982 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Next Year: | 1982 |
Election Date: | November 2, 1976 |
Image1: | File:BurdickQN_(D-ND) (cropped 2).jpg |
Nominee1: | Quentin Burdick |
Party1: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
Popular Vote1: | 175,772 |
Percentage1: | 62.10% |
Nominee2: | Robert Stroup |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 103,466 |
Percentage2: | 36.55% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Quentin Burdick |
Posttitle: | Elected U.S. Senator |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
After Election: | Quentin Burdick |
After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
The 1976 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 2, 1976. The incumbent, North Dakota Democratic NPL Party (Dem-NPL) Senator Quentin Burdick, sought and received re-election to his fourth term to the United States Senate, defeating Republican candidate Robert Stroup.[1]
Only Burdick filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Robert Stroup, as state senator from Hazen, North Dakota. Burdick and Stroup won the primary elections for their respective parties.
One independent candidate, Clarence Haggard, also filed before the deadline under the American Party.