United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1976

November 2, 1976



Nominee	John Chafee	Richard P. Lorber
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	230,329	167,665
Percentage	57.7%	42.0%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

John O. Pastore
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John Chafee
Republican

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The 1976 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John O. Pastore did not seek re-election. Republican John Chafee won the seat, defeating Democrat Richard P. Lorber.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Richard P. Lorber
Philip W. Noel, incumbent Governor of Rhode Island
John P. Hawkins
Paul E. Goulding
Ralph J. Perrotta
John E. Caddick
Earl F. Pasbach
Arthur E. Marley

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard P. Lorber	60,118	37.78
	Democratic	Philip W. Noel	60,018	37.71
	Democratic	John P. Hawkins	25,456	16.00
	Democratic	Paul E. Goulding	5,500	3.46
	Democratic	Ralph J. Perrotta	4,481	2.82
	Democratic	John E. Caddick	2,160	1.36
	Democratic	Earl F. Pasbach	962	0.60
	Democratic	Arthur E. Marley	447	0.28
Majority			100	0.06%
Total votes			159,142	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

John Chafee former Governor (1963-1969)

General election

Results

General election results^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Chafee	230,329	57.74
	Democratic	Richard P. Lorber	167,665	42.03
	Communist	Margaret Cann	912	0.23
Majority			62,664	15.71%
Total votes			398,906	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

↑ "RI US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "RI US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Office of the U.S. House Clerk. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

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