United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1976

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1976

November 2, 1976

Nominee Hubert Humphrey Jerry Brekke Paul Helm Party Democratic Republican American Independent Popular vote 1,290,736 478,602 125,612 Percentage 67.5% 25.0% 6.6%

U.S. Senator before election Hubert Humphrey Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey Democratic

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.

Major candidates

Democratic

• Hubert Humphrey, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971,&(1949-1964), U.S Vice President (1965-1969), Democratic Nominee for President In 1968

Republican

• Gerald Brekke, college professor^[1]

American Independent

• Paul Helm

Results

General election results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey	1,290,736	67.51%
	Republican	Gerald W. Brekke	478,602	25.03%
	American Independent	Paul Helm	125,612	6.57%
	Socialist Workers	Bill Peterson	9,380	0.49%
	Libertarian	Robin E. Miller	5,476	0.29%
	Communist	Matt Savola	2,214	0.12%
Majority			686,522	35.91%
Turnout			1,912,029
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wf4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LYUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7042,3318275&dq=jerry+brekke&hl=en
2. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf