1976 United States Senate election in Maine

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1976 United States Senate election in Maine
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  1970 November 2, 1976 1982  
  Edmund Muskie 1968 DNC.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Edmund Muskie Robert A. G. Monks
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote292,704193,489
Percentage60.20%39.80%

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1976 United States Senate election in Maine results map by municipality.svg
Muskie:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Monks:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Edmund Muskie
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Edmund Muskie
Democratic

The 1976 United States Senate election in Maine took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic senator Edmund Muskie won re-election to a fourth term, defeating Republican nominee Robert Monks by 99,215 votes. [1] Muskie carried 15 of Maine's 16 counties, with Monks winning only Hancock County.

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This would be Muskie's final election. He would resign to become Secretary of State in 1980. George J. Mitchell, a fellow Democrat, would be nominated by Governor Joseph E. Brennan to take the seat following Muskie's resignation. Monks, who had unsuccessfully challenged incumbent senator Margaret Chase Smith in the Republican primary four years earlier, would go on to become chairman of the Maine Republican Party from 1977 to 1978, and hold several positions in the federal government under president Ronald Reagan. He would make a third run for the U.S. Senate in 1996, losing the Republican primary to Susan Collins. Though Monks remained a registered Republican until his death, he would endorse Democratic president Barack Obama's re-election campaign in 2012. [2]

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Edmund Muskie (incumbent) 292,704 60.20%
Republican Robert A. G. Monks 193,48939.80%
Total votes486,193 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. Guthrie, Benjamin (April 15, 1977). "STATISTICS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the US House of Representatives.
  2. "Bob Monks, fierce champion of shareholders against what he saw as boardroom failings" . The Daily Telegraph . May 5, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  3. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 18.