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1976-11-02 Senatorial Election Results for Connecticut (Class 1)


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County Turnout Lowell Weicker*
(R)		 Gloria Schaffer
(D)		 Robert Barnabei
(George Wallace Party)		 Other Margin TOTAL
Fairfield65%218,87761.7%131,12537.0%4,4511.3%2240.1%87,752 354,677
Hartford66%203,05755.5%159,82243.7%2,8210.8%1530.0%43,235 365,853
Litchfield71%43,42959.6%28,84239.6%5950.8%250.0%14,587 72,891
Middlesex71%35,11758.2%24,68240.9%5570.9%260.0%10,435 60,382
New Haven64%188,92457.1%137,26241.5%4,6431.4%850.0%51,662 330,914
New London58%49,99254.1%41,59245.1%7300.8%100.0%8,400 92,324
Tolland62%26,87857.3%19,64941.9%3550.8%180.0%7,229 46,900
Windham64%19,40951.4%18,04447.8%2550.7%470.1%1,365 37,755
TOTAL 64% 785,68357.7% 561,01841.2% 14,4071.1% 5580.0% 224,665 1,361,666
Total R vote: 785,683 (57.7%)      Total D vote: 561,018 (41.2%)      Total Other vote: 14,965 (1.1%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $480,709 $306,104 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $0 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/CT/1976



1976 Senate class 1, Fairfield County
CandidateVotesPct
Lowell Weicker* (R) 218,877 61.7%
Gloria Schaffer (D) 131,125 37.0%
Robert Barnabei (George Wallace Party) 4,451 1.3%
TOTAL 354,677
Turnout: 65%


1976 Senate class 1, Hartford County
CandidateVotesPct
Lowell Weicker* (R) 203,057 55.5%
Gloria Schaffer (D) 159,822 43.7%
Robert Barnabei (George Wallace Party) 2,821 0.8%
TOTAL 365,853
Turnout: 66%


1976 Senate class 1, Litchfield County
CandidateVotesPct
Lowell Weicker* (R) 43,429 59.6%
Gloria Schaffer (D) 28,842 39.6%
Robert Barnabei (George Wallace Party) 595 0.8%
TOTAL 72,891
Turnout: 71%


1976 Senate class 1, Middlesex County
CandidateVotesPct
Lowell Weicker* (R) 35,117 58.2%
Gloria Schaffer (D) 24,682 40.9%
Robert Barnabei (George Wallace Party) 557 0.9%
TOTAL 60,382
Turnout: 71%


1976 Senate class 1, New Haven County
CandidateVotesPct
Lowell Weicker* (R) 188,924 57.1%
Gloria Schaffer (D) 137,262 41.5%
Robert Barnabei (George Wallace Party) 4,643 1.4%
TOTAL 330,914
Turnout: 64%


1976 Senate class 1, New London County
CandidateVotesPct
Lowell Weicker* (R) 49,992 54.1%
Gloria Schaffer (D) 41,592 45.1%
Robert Barnabei (George Wallace Party) 730 0.8%
TOTAL 92,324
Turnout: 58%


1976 Senate class 1, Tolland County
CandidateVotesPct
Lowell Weicker* (R) 26,878 57.3%
Gloria Schaffer (D) 19,649 41.9%
Robert Barnabei (George Wallace Party) 355 0.8%
TOTAL 46,900
Turnout: 62%


1976 Senate class 1, Windham County
CandidateVotesPct
Lowell Weicker* (R) 19,409 51.4%
Gloria Schaffer (D) 18,044 47.8%
Robert Barnabei (George Wallace Party) 255 0.7%
TOTAL 37,755
Turnout: 64%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Lowell Weicker*
Total Disbursements: $480,709

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/CT/1976

Gloria Schaffer
Total Disbursements: $306,104

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
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No Democrat primary