<page_title> 1976 United States presidential election in New Jersey </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Independent <col_header> United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1976 </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> Eugene McCarthy <col_header> United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1976 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 1.09% <col_header> United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1976 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
Eugene McCarthy ran as an Independent presidential candidate and came in third with 1.09%.