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Election 1976 Results

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1976 US Senate election in California

S. I. Hayakawa (Republican) beat John V. Tunney (Democrat) in California in 1976, 50.2% to 46.9%, a margin of 3.3 points and 246,111 votes.

California changed party: in 1970 it went Democratic, for John V. Tunney.

Republicans led in 44 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 14. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,108,061 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.3 points. The closest was Del Norte, where 8 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. I. Hayakawa won Republican 3,748,973 50.2%
John V. Tunney Democratic 3,502,862 46.9%
All other candidates 218,751 2.9%
Total7,470,586

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,061,839 50.4% 992,752 47.1% 53,470 2,108,061 D+3.3
Orange 255,072 36.7% 421,373 60.7% 17,840 694,285 R+24.0
San Diego 248,958 39.5% 360,722 57.3% 19,976 629,656 R+17.8
Santa Clara 198,703 45.1% 228,399 51.9% 13,375 440,477 R+6.7
Alameda 230,545 58.4% 150,813 38.2% 13,378 394,736 D+20.2
Sacramento 123,217 45.5% 137,871 51.0% 9,423 270,511 R+5.4
Contra Costa 121,195 47.3% 129,008 50.4% 5,905 256,108 R+3.1
San Francisco 147,305 59.5% 91,924 37.1% 8,401 247,630 D+22.4
San Mateo 105,541 46.5% 112,445 49.6% 8,758 226,744 R+3.0
San Bernardino 106,116 48.5% 106,715 48.7% 6,144 218,975 R+0.3
Riverside 101,031 50.8% 93,426 47.0% 4,469 198,926 D+3.8
Ventura 65,254 42.5% 84,685 55.1% 3,623 153,562 R+12.7
Fresno 66,628 45.3% 75,951 51.7% 4,365 146,944 R+6.3
Santa Barbara 56,752 47.6% 58,653 49.1% 3,943 119,348 R+1.6
Kern 46,411 42.7% 59,740 54.9% 2,628 108,779 R+12.3
Sonoma 46,654 44.6% 54,084 51.7% 3,967 104,705 R+7.1
Marin 43,499 43.0% 54,322 53.7% 3,393 101,214 R+10.7
San Joaquin 44,262 44.7% 52,465 53.0% 2,208 98,935 R+8.3
Monterey 32,750 42.0% 43,024 55.2% 2,235 78,009 R+13.2
Santa Cruz 33,735 46.2% 35,628 48.8% 3,694 73,057 R+2.6
Stanislaus 33,826 47.9% 34,408 48.7% 2,402 70,636 R+0.8
Solano 31,502 52.0% 27,529 45.5% 1,535 60,566 D+6.6
Tulare 23,917 42.5% 30,498 54.2% 1,806 56,221 R+11.7
Butte 19,922 36.6% 32,120 59.0% 2,422 54,464 R+22.4
San Luis Obispo 23,614 44.6% 27,372 51.7% 2,004 52,990 R+7.1
Humboldt 23,031 53.6% 17,787 41.4% 2,127 42,945 D+12.2
Yolo 21,703 50.7% 19,674 46.0% 1,437 42,814 D+4.7
Placer 18,314 45.2% 20,829 51.5% 1,339 40,482 R+6.2
Napa 18,088 45.1% 20,983 52.3% 1,029 40,100 R+7.2
Shasta 16,691 44.5% 19,110 51.0% 1,690 37,491 R+6.5
Merced 15,217 50.8% 13,669 45.6% 1,071 29,957 D+5.2
El Dorado 11,122 42.6% 13,982 53.5% 1,027 26,131 R+10.9
Mendocino 10,594 48.9% 10,174 46.9% 903 21,671 D+1.9
Imperial 10,818 52.1% 9,390 45.2% 566 20,774 D+6.9
Nevada 6,695 39.4% 9,643 56.8% 654 16,992 R+17.3
Kings 7,612 47.1% 7,979 49.4% 557 16,148 R+2.3
Sutter 5,560 35.4% 9,586 61.1% 549 15,695 R+25.7
Siskiyou 6,968 48.2% 6,933 48.0% 553 14,454 D+0.2
Madera 6,234 45.0% 6,948 50.2% 672 13,854 R+5.2
Tehama 5,560 41.2% 7,420 55.0% 514 13,494 R+13.8
Tuolumne 5,863 46.3% 6,151 48.6% 639 12,653 R+2.3
Lake 5,801 47.3% 6,103 49.8% 361 12,265 R+2.5
Yuba 5,630 46.2% 6,154 50.4% 415 12,199 R+4.3
Amador 3,580 44.5% 4,230 52.6% 231 8,041 R+8.1
Glenn 3,120 39.9% 4,525 57.9% 169 7,814 R+18.0
Calaveras 3,061 42.2% 3,871 53.3% 329 7,261 R+11.2
Lassen 3,781 53.9% 2,895 41.2% 344 7,020 D+12.6
Inyo 2,446 36.4% 4,097 61.0% 172 6,715 R+24.6
Plumas 3,070 48.2% 2,973 46.7% 327 6,370 D+1.5
San Benito 2,538 40.2% 3,543 56.2% 227 6,308 R+15.9
Del Norte 2,409 47.4% 2,417 47.6% 256 5,082 R+0.2
Colusa 2,038 41.0% 2,761 55.5% 176 4,975 R+14.5
Trinity 1,698 39.2% 2,402 55.4% 234 4,334 R+16.2
Mariposa 1,853 43.0% 2,275 52.8% 183 4,311 R+9.8
Modoc 1,627 44.2% 1,924 52.2% 133 3,684 R+8.1
Mono 945 35.1% 1,638 60.9% 107 2,690 R+25.8
Sierra 765 49.2% 739 47.5% 52 1,556 D+1.7
Alpine 182 40.5% 241 53.7% 26 449 R+13.1

Counties as they stood in 1976; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

California Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Adam B. Schiff (D) D+17.7
2022 Alex Padilla (D) D+22.1
2018 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+54.2
2016 Kamala Harris (D) D+61.6
2012 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+25.0
2010 Barbara Boxer (D) D+10.0
2006 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+24.4
2004 Barbara Boxer (D) D+19.9
2000 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+19.3
1998 Barbara Boxer (D) D+10.0
1994 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+1.9
1992 Barbara Boxer (D) D+4.9
1988 Pete Wilson (R) R+8.8
1986 Alan Cranston (D) D+1.4
1982 Pete Wilson (R) R+6.8
1980 Alan Cranston (D) D+19.4
1976 S. I. Hayakawa (R) R+3.3
1974 Alan Cranston (D) D+24.3
1970 John V. Tunney (D) D+9.5
1968 Alan Cranston (D) D+4.9
1964 George Murphy (R) R+3.1
1962 Thomas Kuchel (R) R+12.9
1958 Clair Engle (D) D+14.1
1956 Thomas Kuchel (R) R+8.3
1952 William Knowland (R) R+87.8
1950 Richard M. Nixon (R) R+18.5
1946 William F. Knowland (R) R+9.9
1944 Sheridan Downey (D) D+4.6
1940 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+82.5
1938 Sheridan Downey (D) D+9.8
1934 Hiram Johnson (R) R+94.5
1932 William Gibbs McAdoo (D) D+12.6
1928 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+55.9
1926 Samuel M. Shortridge (R) R+26.2
1922 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+38.4
1920 Samuel M. Shortridge (R) R+8.3
1916 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+31.6
1914 James D. Phelan (D) D+2.9