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Campaign Surpluses Top $5 Million in 1976 Races
Senate and House winners spent over $55 million and left more than $5 million in campaign surpluses. Democrats and Republicans combined paid an average of $617,000 per Senate seat and $80,000 per House win. New rules curb personal use. surpluses may trigger ethics action.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Election Commission
House
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Harrison A. Williams Jr
New Jersey
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Gillis W. Long
Louisiana
Joseph G. Minish
Brock Adams
Transportation
James M. Collins
Texas
Gene Taylor
Missouri
Bill Frenzel
Proxmire
D-Wis
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Cecil Heftel
Dhawai
Jerry Huckaby
Nick Joe Rahall
Jim Mattox
Ronnie Flippo
Alabama
Robert K. Dornan
California
Mickey Edwards
Oklahoma
Harold S. Sawyer
Michigan
Gerald R. Ford
Edward P. Boland
James P. Burke
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Arkansas
Bill Archer