United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1976

November 2, 1976



Nominee	Edward Zorinsky	John Y. McCollister
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	313,805	279,284
Percentage	52.89%	47.07%

U.S. Senator before election

Roman Hruska
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Edward Zorinsky
Democratic

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The 1976 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican senator Roman Hruska decided to retire instead of seeking another term. Democrat Edward Zorinsky won the open seat.

Major candidates

Democratic

Edward Zorinsky, Mayor of Omaha

Republican

John Y. McCollister, U.S. Congressman of Nebraska's 2nd congressional district

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Zorinsky	313,805	52.89%
	Republican	John Y. McCollister	279,284	47.07%
	Write-in candidate	Lenore Etchison	58	0.01%
	N/A	Others	163	0.03%
Majority			34,521	5.82%
Turnout			593,310
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

References

↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

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