Market1976 United States House of Representatives elections
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1976 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1976 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives on November 2, 1976, to elect members to serve in the 95th United States Congress. They coincided with Jimmy Carter's election as president. Carter's narrow victory over Gerald Ford had limited coattails, and his Democratic Party gained a net of only one seat from the Republican Party in the House. The result was nevertheless disappointing to the Republicans, who were hoping to win back some of the seats they lost in the wake of the Watergate scandal two years earlier.

Overall results
383 incumbent members sought reelection, but 3 were defeated in primaries and 12 defeated in the general election for a total of 368 incumbents winning. Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk == Special elections ==
Special elections
Stan Lundine (Democratic) 61.2% • John T. Calkins (Republican) 38.8% }} • Ron Paul (Republican) 56.2% • Robert Gammage (Democratic) 43.9% }} • Sam B. Hall Jr. (Democratic) 72.2% • Glen Jones (Democratic) 22.0% • James Hogan (Republican) 4.9% • Fred Hudson (Democratic) 0.9% }} • Tom Coleman (Republican) 60.9% • Morgan Maxfield (Democratic) 39.1% }} • Ed Markey (Democratic) 77.0% • Richard Daly (Republican) 17.6% • James J. Murphy (Independent) 3.3% • Harry G. Chickles (Independent) 2.3% }} • Michael Myers (Democratic) 74.4% • Samuel N. Fanelli (Republican) 25.6% }} == Alabama ==
Alabama
Jack Edwards (Republican) 62.5% • Bill Davenport (Democratic) 37.5% }} • William Louis Dickinson (Republican) 57.6% • J. Carole Keahey (Democratic) 42.4% }} • Bill Nichols (Democratic) 99.0% • Ogburn Gardner (Proh) 1.0% }} • Tom Bevill (Democratic) 80.4% • Leonard Wilson (Republican) 19.6% }} • Ronnie Flippo (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • John Hall Buchanan Jr. (Republican) 56.7% • Mel Bailey (Democratic) 42.7% • Billy E. Dorsey (Nat Dem) 0.6% }} • Walter Flowers (Democratic) • Unopposed }} == Alaska ==
Alaska
Don Young (Republican) 71.0% • Eben Hopson (Democratic) 29.0% }} == Arizona ==
Arizona
John Jacob Rhodes (Republican) 57.3% • Pat Fullinwider (Democratic) 40.7% • Sumner Duncan Dodge (Libertarian) 1.4% • Harry Braun (Independent) 0.6% }} • Mo Udall (Democratic) 58.2% • Laird Guttersen (Republican) 39.4% • Michael Emerling (Libertarian) 2.4% }} • Bob Stump (Democratic) 47.5% • Fred Koory Jr. (Republican) 42.3% • Bill McCune (Independent) 10.2% }} • Eldon Rudd (Republican) 48.6% • Tony Mason (Democratic) 48.2% • Pat Harper (Libertarian) 3.1% }} == Arkansas ==
Arkansas
William Vollie Alexander Jr. (Democratic) 68.9% • Harlan Holleman (Republican) 31.1% }} • Jim Guy Tucker (Democratic) 86.4% • James J. Kelly (Republican) 13.6% • Joe McNew (Write-in) 0.005% }} • John Paul Hammerschmidt (Republican) • Unopposed }} • Ray Thornton (Democratic) • Unopposed }} == California ==
California
Harold T. Johnson (Democratic) 73.9% • James E. Taylor (Republican) 26.1% }} • Donald H. Clausen (Republican) 56.0% • Oscar Klee (Democratic) 41.0% • Robert B. "Bob" Allred (Peace and Freedom) 3.0% }} • John E. Moss (Democratic) 72.9% • George R. Marsh Jr. (Republican) 27.1% }} • Robert L. Leggett (Democratic) 50.2% • Albert Dehr (Republican) 49.8% }} • John L. Burton (Democratic) 61.8% • Branwell Fanning (Republican) 38.2% }} • Phillip Burton (Democratic) 66.1% • Tom Spinosa (Republican) 27.0% • Emily L. Siegel (Peace and Freedom) 5.0% • Raymond O. "Ray" Heaps (American Independent) 1.9% }} • George Miller (Democratic) 74.7% • Robert L. Vickers (Republican) 23.3% • Melvin E. Stanley (American Independent) 2.0% }} • Ron Dellums (Democratic) 62.1% • Philip Stiles Breck Jr. (Republican) 34.7% • Robert J. Evans (Peace and Freedom) 3.2% }} • Pete Stark (Democratic) 70.8% • James K. Mills (Republican) 27.1% • Albert L. Sargis (Peace and Freedom) 2.1% }} • Don Edwards (Democratic) 72.0% • Herb Smith (Republican) 24.5% • Edmon V. Kaiser (American Independent) 3.5% }} • Leo Ryan (Democratic) 61.1% • Bob Jones (Republican) 35.4% • Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff (American Independent) 3.5% }} • Pete McCloskey (Republican) 66.2% • David Harris (Democratic) 31.3% • Joseph David "Joss" Cooney (American Independent) 2.5% }} • Norman Mineta (Democratic) 66.8% • Ernie Konnyu (Republican) 31.2% • William Pollock Herrell (American Independent) 2.1% }} • John J. McFall (Democratic) 72.5% • Roger A. Blain (Republican) 27.5% }} • B. F. Sisk (Democratic) 72.2% • Carol O. Harner (Republican) 27.8% }} • Leon Panetta (Democratic) 53.4% • Burt L. Talcott (Republican) 46.6% }} • John Hans Krebs (Democratic) 65.7% • Henry J. Andreas (Republican) 34.3% }} • William M. Ketchum (Republican) 64.2% • Dean Close (Democratic) 35.8% }} • Robert J. Lagomarsino (Republican) 64.4% • Dan Sisson (Democratic) 35.6% }} • Barry Goldwater Jr. (Republican) 67.2% • Patti Lear Corman (Democratic) 32.8% }} • James C. Corman (Democratic) 66.5% • Erwin "Ed" Hogan (Republican) 28.8% • Bill Hill (Peace and Freedom) 4.7% }} • Carlos Moorhead (Republican) 62.6% • Robert L. Salley (Democratic) 37.4% }} • Anthony Beilenson (Democratic) 60.2% • Thomas F. Bartman (Republican) 39.8% }} • Henry Waxman (Democratic) 67.8% • David Irving Simmons (Republican) 32.2% }} • Edward R. Roybal (Democratic) 71.9% • Jim Madrid (Republican) 22.0% • Marilyn Seals (Peace and Freedom) 6.1% }} • John H. Rousselot (Republican) 65.6% • Bruce Latta (Democratic) 34.4% }} • Bob Dornan (Republican) 54.7% • Gary Familian (Democratic) 45.3% }} • Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Democratic) 80.2% • Edward S. Skinner (Republican) 19.8% }} • Augustus Hawkins (Democratic) 85.4% • Michael D. Germonprez (Republican) 11.2% • Sheila Leburg (Independent) 3.3% }} • George E. Danielson (Democratic) 74.4% • Harry Couch (Republican) 25.6% }} • Charles H. Wilson (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Glenn M. Anderson (Democratic) 72.2% • Clifford O. Young (Republican) 27.8% }} • Del M. Clawson (Republican) 55.1% • Ted Snyder (Democratic) 44.9% }} • Mark W. Hannaford (Democratic) 50.7% • Dan Lungren (Republican) 49.3% }} • James F. Lloyd (Democratic) 53.3% • Louis Brutocao (Republican) 46.7% }} • George Brown Jr. (Democratic) 61.6% • Grant Carner (Republican) 33.5% • William Emery Pasley (American Independent) 5.0% }} • Shirley Neil Pettis (Republican) 71.1% • Douglas C. Nilson Jr. (Democratic) 26.1% • Bernard Wahl (American Independent) 2.8% }} • Jerry M. Patterson (Democratic) 63.6% • James "Jim" Combs (Republican) 36.4% }} • Charles E. Wiggins (Republican) 58.6% • William E. "Bill" Farris (Democratic) 41.4% }} • Robert Badham (Republican) 59.3% • Vivian Hall (Democratic) 40.7% }} • Bob Wilson (Republican) 57.7% • King Golden Jr. (Democratic) 42.3% }} • Lionel Van Deerlin (Democratic) 76.0% • Wes Marden (Republican) 24.0% }} • Clair Burgener (Republican) 65.0% • Pat Kelly (Democratic) 35.0% }} == Colorado ==
Colorado
Pat Schroeder (Democratic) 53.2% • Don Friedman (Republican) 46.2% • Priscilla Schenk (Socialist Workers) 0.4% • Lann Meyers (Labor) 0.3% }} • Tim Wirth (Democratic) 50.5% • Ed Scott (Republican) 49.5% }} • Frank Evans (Democratic) 51.0% • Melvin H. Takaki (Republican) 47.0% • Alfredo Archer (La Raza Unida) 1.4% • Henry John Olshaw (American) 0.7% }} • James Paul Johnson (Republican) 54.0% • Daniel M. Ogden Jr. (Democratic) 34.8% • Dick Davis (Independent) 9.2% • Henry Thiel Jr. (Independent) 1.9% }} • William L. Armstrong (Republican) 66.4% • Dorothy Hores (Democratic) 33.6% }} == Connecticut ==
Connecticut
William R. Cotter (Democratic) 57.1% • Lucien P. Di Fazio Jr. (Republican) 41.8% • Charlie A. Burke (George Wallace) 0.6% • Donna C. McDonough (Labor) 0.5% }} • Chris Dodd (Democratic) 65.1% • Richard M. Jackson (Republican) 34.1% • Anthony Discepolo (Independent) 0.8% }} • Robert Giaimo (Democratic) 54.4% • John G. Pucciano (Republican) 43.7% • Joelle R. Fishman (C) 1.3% • Robert G. Cossette (George Wallace) 0.6% }} • Stewart McKinney (Republican) 61.0% • Geoffrey G. Peterson (Democratic) 37.1% • Richard H. G. Cunningham (George Wallace) 1.6% • Zoltan Toth Solymossy (Conservative) 0.3% }} • Ronald A. Sarasin (Republican) 66.5% • Michael J. Adanti (Democratic) 32.7% • William Kozak Jr. (George Wallace) 0.7% }} • Toby Moffett (Democratic) 56.6% • Thomas F. Upson (Republican) 43.0% • Louis J. Marietta (Independent) 0.4% }} == Delaware ==
Delaware
Thomas B. Evans Jr. (Republican) 51.4% • Samuel L. Shipley (Democratic) 47.6% • Robert G. LoPresti (American) 0.4% • Raymond R. Green (Proh) 0.3% • Joseph B. Hollon Sr. (Soc-Lab) 0.2% • Philip Valenti (Labor) 0.07% }} == Florida ==
Florida
Bob Sikes (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Don Fuqua (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Charles E. Bennett (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Bill Chappell (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Richard Kelly (Republican) 59.0% • JoAnn Saunders (Democratic) 41.0% }} • Bill Young (Republican) 65.2% • Gabriel Cazares (Democratic) 34.8% • Wally Staff (Write-in) 0.01% }} • Sam Gibbons (Democratic) 65.7% • Dusty Owens (Republican) 34.3% }} • Andy Ireland (Democratic) 58.0% • Bob Johnson (Republican) 42.0% }} • Louis Frey Jr. (Republican) 78.1% • Joseph A. Rosier (Democratic) 21.9% }} • Skip Bafalis (Republican) 66.3% • Bill Sikes (Democratic) 33.7% }} • Paul Rogers (Democratic) 91.1% • Clyde Adams (American) 8.9% }} • J. Herbert Burke (Republican) 53.9% • Charles Friedman (Democratic) 46.1% • Bob Davis (Write-in) 0.03% }} • William Lehman (Democratic) 78.3% • Lee Arnold Spiegelman (Republican) 21.7% }} • Claude Pepper (Democratic) 72.9% • Evelio S. Estrella (Republican) 27.1% }} • Dante Fascell (Democratic) 70.4% • Paul R. Cobb (Republican) 29.6% }} == Georgia ==
Georgia
Ronald "Bo" Ginn (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Dawson Mathis (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Jack Brinkley (Democratic) 88.7% • Steven Dugan (Republican) 11.3% }} • Elliott H. Levitas (Democratic) 68.3% • George T. Warren II (Republican) 31.7% }} • Andrew Young (Democratic) 66.7% • Edward W. Gadrix (Republican) 33.3% }} • John Flynt (Democratic) 51.7% • Newt Gingrich (Republican) 48.3% }} • Larry McDonald (Democratic) 55.1% • Quincy Collins (Republican) 44.9% }} • Billy Lee Evans (Democratic) 69.6% • Billy Adams (Republican) 30.4% }} • Ed Jenkins (Democratic) 79.1% • Louise Wofford (Republican) 20.9% }} • Doug Barnard Jr. (Democratic) • Unopposed }} == Hawaii ==
Hawaii
Cecil Heftel (Democratic) 43.6% • Frederick Rohlfing (Republican) 39.1% • Kathy Joyce Hoshijo (Independent) 17.3% }} • Daniel Akaka (Democratic) 79.5% • Hank Inouye (Republican) 15.3% • Bill Penaroza (Independent) 2.2% • Dexter L. Cate (Peoples) 1.5% • Don Smith (Libertarian) 1.4% }} == Idaho ==
Idaho
Steve Symms (Republican) 54.6% • Ken Pursley (Democratic) 45.4% }} • George V. Hansen (Republican) 50.6% • Stan Kress (Democratic) 49.4% }} == Illinois ==
Illinois
Ralph Metcalfe (Democratic) 92.3% • A. A. Rayner Jr. (Republican) 7.4% • Debra Simonsen (Workers) 0.2% • Andrew C. Pulley (Socialist Workers) 0.1% }} • Morgan F. Murphy (Democratic) 84.7% • Spencer Leak (Republican) 15.3% }} • Marty Russo (Democratic) 58.9% • Ronald Buikema (Republican) 40.5% • Frank Collin (White Power) 0.7% }} • Ed Derwinski (Republican) 65.8% • Ronald A. Rodger (Democratic) 34.2% }} • John G. Fary (Democratic) 76.9% • Vincent Krok (Republican) 23.1% }} • Henry Hyde (Republican) 60.6% • Marilyn D. Clancy (Democratic) 39.4% }} • Cardiss Collins (Democratic) 84.8% • Newell Ward (Republican) 15.2% }} • Dan Rostenkowski (Democratic) 80.5% • John F. Urbaszewski (Republican) 19.5% }} • Sidney R. Yates (Democratic) 72.2% • Thomas J. Wajerski (Republican) 27.8% }} • Abner Mikva (Democratic) 50.0% • Samuel H. Young (Republican) 50.0% }} • Frank Annunzio (Democratic) 67.4% • Daniel C. Reber (Republican) 32.6% }} • Phil Crane (Republican) 72.8% • Edwin L. Frank (Democratic) 27.2% }} • Robert McClory (Republican) 66.8% • James J. Cummings (Democratic) 30.3% • Donald G. DesLauriers (Independent) 2.9% }} • John N. Erlenborn (Republican) 74.4% • Marie Agnes Fese (Democratic) 25.6% }} • Tom Corcoran (Republican) 53.9% • Tim Lee Hall (Democratic) 46.1% }} • John B. Anderson (Republican) 67.9% • Stephen Eytalis (Democratic) 32.1% }} • '''George M. O'Brien''' (Republican) 58.2% • Merlin Karlock (Democratic) 41.8% }} • Robert H. Michel (Republican) 57.7% • Matthew Ryan (Democratic) 42.3% }} • Tom Railsback (Republican) 68.5% • John Craver (Democratic) 31.5% }} • Paul Findley (Republican) 63.6% • Peter F. Mack (Democratic) 36.4% }} • Ed Madigan (Republican) 74.5% • Anna Wall Scott (Democratic) 25.5% }} • George E. Shipley (Democratic) 61.4% • Ralph Y. McGinnis (Republican) 38.6% }} • Melvin Price (Democratic) 78.6% • Sam P. Drenovac (Republican) 21.4% }} • Paul Simon (Democratic) 67.4% • Peter G. Prineas (Republican) 32.6% }} == Indiana ==
Indiana
Adam Benjamin Jr. (Democratic) 71.3% • Robert J. Billings (Republican) 28.7% }} • Floyd Fithian (Democratic) 54.7% • William W. Erwin (Republican) 44.5% • James Hensley Logan (American) 0.8% }} • John Brademas (Democratic) 56.9% • Thomas L. Thorson (Republican) 43.1% }} • Dan Quayle (Republican) 54.4% • J. Edward Roush (Democratic) 44.6% • Gail E. Gran (American) 1.0% }} • Elwood Hillis (Republican) 61.7% • William C. Stout (Democratic) 38.3% }} • David W. Evans (Democratic) 54.9% • David G. Crane (Republican) 45.1% }} • John T. Myers (Republican) 62.7% • John E. Tipton (Democratic) 37.3% }} • David L. Cornwell (Democratic) 50.5% • Belden Bell (Republican) 49.5% }} • Lee H. Hamilton (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Philip Sharp (Democratic) 59.8% • Bill Frazier (Republican) 40.2% }} • Andrew Jacobs Jr. (Democratic) 60.4% • Lawrence L. Buell (Republican) 39.0% • John A. Einemann (American) 0.6% }} == Iowa ==
Iowa
Jim Leach (Republican) 51.9% • Edward Mezvinsky (Democratic) 47.8% • Larry D. Smith (American) 0.2% }} • Mike Blouin (Democratic) 50.3% • Tom Riley (Republican) 49.1% • James D. Roberson (Independent) 0.4% • Lorin E. Oxley (American) 0.2% }} • Chuck Grassley (Republican) 56.5% • Stephen J. Rapp (Democratic) 43.5% }} • Neal Edward Smith (Democratic) 69.1% • Charles E. Minor (Republican) 30.9% }} • Tom Harkin (Democratic) 64.9% • Kenneth R. Fulk (Republican) 34.1% • Verlyn LeRoy Hayes (American) 1.0% }} • Berkley Bedell (Democratic) 67.4% • Joanne D. Soper (Republican) 31.5% • William David Mincer (American) 1.1% }} == Kansas ==
Kansas
Keith Sebelius (Republican) 73.1% • Randy Yowell (Democratic) 26.9% }} • Martha Keys (Democratic) 50.7% • Ross Freeman (Republican) 47.4% • Charles V. "Chuck" Ijams (American) 1.1% • David Scoggin (Proh) 0.8% }} • Larry Winn (Republican) 68.7% • Philip S. Rhoads (Democratic) 29.0% • William W. Hyatt (American) 2.3% }} • Dan Glickman (Democratic) 50.3% • Garner E. Shriver (Republican) 48.5% • Robert A. Cowdrey (American) 1.3% }} • Joe Skubitz (Republican) 60.7% • Virgil Leon Olson (Democratic) 36.2% • Glen L. Rutherford (American) 3.2% }} == Kentucky ==
Kentucky
Carroll Hubbard (Democratic) 82.0% • Bob Bersky (Republican) 18.0% }} • William Natcher (Democratic) 60.4% • Walter A. Baker (Republican) 39.6% }} • Romano Mazzoli (Democratic) 57.2% • Denzil J. Ramsey (Republican) 41.2% • William P. Chambers (American) 1.6% }} • Gene Snyder (Republican) 55.9% • Edward J. Winterberg (Democratic) 44.1% }} • Tim Lee Carter (Republican) 66.6% • Charles C. Smith (Democratic) 32.7% • Albert G. J. Cullum (American) 0.7% }} • John B. Breckinridge (Democratic) 94.0% • Anthony A. McCord (Republican) 6.0% }} • Carl D. Perkins (Democratic) 71.3% • Granville Thomas (Republican) 28.7% }} == Louisiana ==
Louisiana
Richard Alvin Tonry (Democratic) 47.2% • Bob Livingston (Republican) 43.4% • John R. Rarick (Independent) 9.4% }} • Lindy Boggs (Democratic) 92.6% • Jules W. "Ted" Hillery (Independent) 7.4% }} • Dave Treen (Republican) 73.3% • David H. "Pro" Scheuermann Jr. (Democratic) 26.7% }} • Joe Waggonner (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Jerry Huckaby (Democratic) 52.5% • Frank Spooner (Republican) 47.5% }} • Henson Moore (Republican) 65.2% • J. D. De Blieux (Democratic) 34.8% }} • John Breaux (Democratic) 83.3% • Charles F. "Chuck" Huff (Republican) 16.7% }} • Gillis William Long (Democratic) 94.2% • Kent Courtney (Independent) 5.8% }} == Maine ==
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