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The1976 United States Senate election in Maine took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic senatorEdmund Muskie won re-election to a fourth term, defeating Republican nomineeRobert Monks by 99,215 votes.[1] Muskie carried 15 of Maine's 16 counties, with Monks winning onlyHancock County.
This would be Muskie's final election. He would resign to becomeSecretary of State in 1980.George J. Mitchell, a fellow Democrat, would be nominated by GovernorJoseph E. Brennan to take the seat following Muskie's resignation. Monks, who had unsuccessfully challenged incumbent senatorMargaret Chase Smith in the Republican primaryfour years earlier, would go on to become chairman of theMaine Republican Party from 1977 to 1978, and hold several positions in the federal government under presidentRonald Reagan. He would make a third run for the U.S. Senate in1996, losing the Republican primary toSusan Collins. Though Monks remained a registered Republican until his death, he would endorse Democratic presidentBarack Obama'sre-election campaign in2012.[2]
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| Democratic | Edmund Muskie (incumbent) | 292,704 | 60.20% | |
| Republican | Robert A. G. Monks | 193,489 | 39.80% | |
| Total votes | 486,193 | 100.00% | ||
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