1976 United States Senate election in Ohio

The 1976 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican senator Robert Taft, Jr. ran for re-election to second term. Democrat Howard Metzenbaum, who had briefly served in the Senate in 1974, unseated Taft in a rematch of the 1970 election.

Candidates

 * Richard B. Kay, Cleveland attorney and perennial candidate
 * Howard Metzenbaum, former State Senator from Lyndhurst and interim United States Senator in 1974
 * James D. Nolan, nominee for Ohio Secretary of State in 1966
 * James V. Stanton, U.S. Representative from Cleveland