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Parents > United States > California > Senate Class I
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1976 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 02, 1976 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 1976 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 1977 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 1983 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedArthur September 30, 2023 02:02pm
Data SourcesResults by county from the Statement of Vote for 1976, p. 19 [Link]
Results by congressional districts from the Supplement to the Statement of Vote for 1976, p. 33-36 [Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won01/02/1971
NameJohn V. Tunney Votes1 (100.00%)
Term01/02/1971 - 01/03/1971 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/1982
NamePete Wilson Votes4,022,565 (51.53%)
Term01/03/1983 - 01/03/1989 Margin527,597 (+6.76%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 08, 1976 CA US Senate - D Primary
John V. Tunney
D 3,299,925
Jun 08, 1976 CA US Senate - R Primary
Samuel I. "S.I." Hayakawa
R 2,318,607

CANDIDATES
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Name Samuel I. "S.I." Hayakawa (I) Sen. John V. Tunney David Wald Jack McCoy Omari Musa (W) Lynn Kinsky (W) Lois T. Bodle
PartyRepublican Democratic Peace & Freedom American Independent Independent Libertarian Independent
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Uncertified Votes 3,748,973 (50.17%) 3,502,862 (46.88%) 104,383 (1.40%) 82,739 (1.11%) 31,629 (0.42%) 907 (0.01%) 457 (0.01%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -246,111 (-3.29%) -3,644,590 (-48.77%) -3,666,234 (-49.06%) -3,717,344 (-49.75%) -3,748,066 (-50.16%) -3,748,516 (-50.17%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
F Blue Republican
LBR Old LW
Laf-W Craverguy
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Name (W) Robert Bills (W) Nancy Jewel Cross  
PartySocialist Labor Independent  
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Uncertified Votes 160 (0.00%) 158 (0.00%)  
Margin-3,748,813 (-50.17%) -3,748,815 (-50.17%)  
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