The 1976 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles won re-election to a second term.
Republican primary
3.7% of the voting age population participated in the Republican primary.
Candidates
- John Grady, Mayor of Belle Glade, family physician, and the American Independent Party's nominee for U.S. Senate in 1974
- Walter Sims, State Senator
- Helen S. Hanel, lawyer.
General election
Candidates
- Timothy L. "Tim" Adams (Independent)
- Lawton Chiles, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
- John Grady, Mayor of Belle Glade (Republican)
- Ed Ice (Independent)
Results
Chiles won in a landslide, dominating most geographic areas of the state. Grady won only Collier County.