1976 United States Senate election in New York

Major candidates

Democratic

• Pat Moynihan, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations since 1975 and former U.S. Ambassador to India
• Bella Abzug, U.S. Congresswoman
• Ramsey Clark, Former United States Attorney General and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1974
• Paul O'Dwyer, Former New York City Council President from Manhattan and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1968
• Abraham Hirschfeld, Real-Estate Developer

  Republican

• James Buckley, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971 and brother of conservative activist William F. Buckley
• Peter Peyser, U.S. Congressman

  Results