1976 United States Senate election in Texas

1976 United States Senate election in Texas
	November 2, 1976
	County results; Bentsen: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Steelman: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Lloyd Bentsen; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Lloyd Bentsen; Democratic

The 1976 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Lloyd Bentsen, incumbent U.S. Senator
Leon Dugi
Phil Gramm, Texas A&M economics professor
Hugh Wilson

Results

1976 Democratic Senate primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Bentsen (incumbent)	970,983	63.54%
	Democratic	Phil Gramm	427,597	27.98%
	Democratic	Hugh Wilson	109,715	7.18%
	Democratic	Leon Dugi	19,870	1.30%
Total votes			1,528,165	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Alan Steelman, U.S. Representative from Texas's 5th district since 1973

General election

Results

General election results^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Lloyd Bentsen (incumbent)	2,199,956	56.78%	3.23%
Republican	Alan Steelman	1,636,370	42.24%	4.21%
Socialist Workers	Pedro Vasquez	20,549	0.53%	N/A
American Independent	Marjorie P. Gallion	17,355	0.45%	N/A
Democratic hold		Swing

References

^ "1976 Senatorial Democratic Primary Election Results - Texas". US Election Atlas. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976".

[1] "1976 Senatorial Democratic Primary Election Results - Texas". US Election Atlas. Retrieved October 14, 2020.

[2] "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976".

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Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

General election

Results

See also

References