1976 New York U.S. Senate Election

New York · 6 candidates · See every 1976 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 1976 New York U.S. Senate Election?

Daniel Patrick Moynihan won the 1976 New York U.S. Senate Election. Daniel Patrick Moynihan received 3,422,594 popular votes (51.34%). The main challenger was James L. Buckley (42.55%).

See the full head-to-head between Moynihan and Buckley

Moynihan +8.8 pts · won by 585,961 votes

Daniel Patrick MoynihanLiberalWINNER51.34%

3,422,594 votes

James L. BuckleyConservative42.55%

2,836,633 votes

Herbert ApthekerCommunist0.38%

25,141 votes

Marcia GalloSocialist Workers0.25%

16,350 votes

Martin E. NixonLibertarian0.16%

10,943 votes

Elijah C. BoydLabor0.1%

6,716 votes

Other candidates received the remaining 5.2% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.

Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.