1976 United States Senate election in New York

The 1976 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James L. Buckley ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic diplomat Pat Moynihan. As of , this is the last time an incumbent Senator from New York lost re-election to this Class 1 seat.

Republican primary

Candidates

• James L. Buckley, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971
• Peter A. Peyser, U.S. representative from Irvington

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Bella Abzug, U.S. Representative from the West Side of Manhattan
• Ramsey Clark, former United States Attorney General and nominee for Senate in 1974
• Abraham Hirschfeld, real estate developer
• Pat Moynihan, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Ambassador to India
• Paul O'Dwyer, former New York City Council President and nominee for Senate in 1968

Convention

Primary results

General election

Candidates

• Herbert Aptheker, historian and activist (Communist)
• Elijah C. Boyd (U.S. Labor)
• James L. Buckley, incumbent U.S. senator since 1971 (Republican and Conservative)
• Marcia Gallo (Socialist Workers)
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and to India (Democratic and Liberal)
• Martin E. Nixon (Libertarian)

Results

See also

• 1976 United States Senate elections

References

Further reading

• Andelic, Patrick. “Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the 1976 New York Senate Race, and the Struggle to Define American Liberalism.” Historical Journal 57#4 (2014), Pp. 1111–33. online.