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.
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
Republican primary
Candidates
James L. Buckley, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971
Peter A. Peyser, U.S. Representative from Irvington
Results
Results
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 Ambassador 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.