1976 United States Senate election in Florida

The 1976 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles won re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

3.7% of the voting age population participated in the Republican primary.

Candidates

• John Grady, Mayor of Belle Glade, family physician, and the American Independent Party's nominee for U.S. Senate in 1974
• Walter Sims, State Senator
• Helen S. Hanel, lawyer.

Results

General election

Candidates

• Timothy L. "Tim" Adams (Independent)
• Lawton Chiles, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
• John Grady, Mayor of Belle Glade (Republican)
• Ed Ice (Independent)

Results

Chiles won in a landslide, dominating most geographic areas of the state. Grady won only Collier County.

See also

• 1976 United States Senate elections

References

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