The 1976 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent
Democratic U.S. Senator
Lloyd Bentsen won re-election to a second term.
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Lloyd Bentsen, incumbent U.S. Senator
*Leon Dugi
*
Phil Gramm, Texas A&M economics professor
*Hugh Wilson
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
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Alan Steelman
Alan Watson Steelman (born March 15, 1942) is an American businessman from Dallas who served as a Republican congressman from Texas between 1973 and 1977; at the time of his election, he was the youngest sitting member of Congress. He gave up his ...
,
U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from
Texas's 5th district since 1973
General election
Results
See also
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1976 United States Senate elections
References
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 ...
1976 Texas elections
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