| ←1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 → Presidential election year | |
| Election day | November 2 |
|---|---|
| Incumbent president | Gerald Ford(Republican) |
| Next Congress | 95th |
| Presidential election | |
| Partisan control | Democratic gain |
| Popular vote margin | Democratic +2.1% |
| Electoral vote | |
| Jimmy Carter (D) | 297 |
| Gerald Ford (R) | 240 |
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| 1976 presidential election results.Red denotes states won by Ford,blue denotes states won by Carter. Numbers indicate theelectoral votes won by each candidate. | |
| Senate elections | |
| Overall control | Democratic hold |
| Seats contested | 34 of 100 seats |
| Net seat change | Republican +1 |
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| 1976 Senate results Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican gain Republican hold Independent hold | |
| House elections | |
| Overall control | Democratic hold |
| Seats contested | All 435 voting members |
| Popular vote margin | Democratic +13.6% |
| Net seat change | Democratic +1 |
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| 1976 House of Representatives results Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican gain Republican hold | |
| Gubernatorial elections | |
| Seats contested | 15 (14 states, 1 territories) |
| Net seat change | Democratic +1 |
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| 1976 gubernatorial election results Territorial races not shown Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican gain Republican hold | |
Elections were held on November 2, 1976, and elected the members of the95th United States Congress. TheDemocratic Party won the presidential election and retained control of Congress.[1]
Former Democratic GovernorJimmy Carter ofGeorgia defeatedRepublican incumbent PresidentGerald Ford.[2] Carter won the popular vote by two points and finished with 297 electoral votes, taking a mix ofSouthern and Northern states. Ford, who had taken office after theWatergate scandal led to the resignation of Republican PresidentRichard Nixon in 1974, defeated former California GovernorRonald Reagan to take theRepublican nomination. The convention nominated Kansas SenatorBob Dole as Ford's running mate, instead of sitting Vice PresidentNelson Rockefeller. Carter defeated a slew of competitors in the1976 Democratic primaries, including California GovernorJerry Brown, Alabama GovernorGeorge Wallace, Arizona CongressmanMo Udall, Washington SenatorHenry M. Jackson, and Idaho SenatorFrank Church.
Neither the House nor Senate saw major changes in partisan composition, so the Democrats retained control of Congress. Democrats won the nationwide popular vote for the House of Representatives by a margin of 13.6 percentage points.[3]
In the gubernatorial elections, the Democratic Party picked up one seat.
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