Question: The winner of the 1976 United States Senate election in Missouri was what kind of priest?

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United States Senate election in Vermont, 1976: The 1976 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 2, 1976.  Incumbent Republican Robert Stafford successfully ran for re-election to another term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Governor Thomas P. Salmon.

United States Senate election in Indiana, 2010: The 2010 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 2, 2010, alongside 33 other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections to fill Indiana's class III United States Senate seat.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Evan Bayh decided in February 2010 to retire instead of seeking a third term shortly after former U.S. Senator Dan Coats announced his candidacy for Bayh's contested seat.  No Democratic candidate submitted enough signatures by the deadline to run, leading Democratic officials to choose U.S. Congressman Brad Ellsworth to be the nominee.  The Libertarian Party nominated YMCA instructor Rebecca Sink-Burris, who had previously run against Evan Bayh in the United States Senate election in Indiana, 1998 but with less success than in this election.  Republican nominee and former U.S. Senator Dan Coats won the open seat.

United States Senate election in Missouri, 2016: The 2016 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Missouri, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.  The primaries were held on August 2.

United States Senate election in Nevada, 1976: The 1976 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 2, 1976.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Howard Cannon won re-election to a fourth term.

United States Senate election in Utah, 1976: The 1976 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 2, 1976.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Moss ran for re-election to a fourth term but was defeated by his Republican opponent Orrin Hatch.  40 years after the election, Hatch is currently the longest-serving Republican Senator, having been re-elected for seven terms.

United States Senate election in Missouri, 1976: The 1976 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1976.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Stuart Symington decided to retire, instead of seeking a fifth term.  Republican John Danforth won the open seat, defeating Democrat Warren Hearnes.  (Jerry Litton had won the Democratic nomination earlier, but was killed in a plane crash, and Hearnes was chosen by the party committee.)

United States Senate election in Texas, 1976: The 1976 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 2, 1976.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen won re-election to a second term.

United States Senate election in Montana, 1976: The 1976 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 2, 1976.  Rather than seek a fifth term, incumbent United States Senator Mike Mansfield, a Democrat, opted to retire, creating an open seat.  United States Congressman John Melcher, who had represented Montana's 2nd congressional district from 1969 to 1977, won the Democratic nomination and defeated Stanley C. Burger, the Republican nominee, by a wide margin in the general election.

John Danforth: John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is a retired American politician who began his career in 1968 as the Attorney General of Missouri and served three terms as United States Senator from Missouri.  In 2004, he served briefly as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.  Danforth is an ordained Episcopal priest.

United States Senate election in New York, 1976: The 1976 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 2, 1976.  Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James Buckley ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Pat Moynihan.

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Answer: Episcopal