<sod>In the general election, she was challenged by Republican Virginia Morris, a former member of the District of Columbia Board of Education living in [[Good Hope (Washington, D.C.)|Good Hope]]; and Independent Wilmur A. Davis, a civil engineer and [[Advisory Neighborhood Commission]]er living in [[Fort Davis (Washington, D.C.)|Fort Davis]].<ref name= 1976vg>"[http://search.proquest.com.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/docview/146559737/pageviewPDF/BC4443B2035F4586PQ/2?accountid=46320 A voters' guide to the District ballot on Tuesday]". ''The Washington Post''. October 28, 1976. DC4.</ref><ref name= hardytorun/><eod>
<sod>In the general election, she was challenged by Republican Virginia Morris, a former member of the District of Columbia Board of Education living in [[Good Hope (Washington, D.C.)|Good Hope]]; and Independent Wilmur A. Davis, a civil engineer and [[Advisory Neighborhood Commission]]er living in [[Fort Davis (Washington, D.C.)|Fort Davis]].<ref name= 1976vg>"[http://search.proquest.com.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/docview/146559737/pageviewPDF/BC4443B2035F4586PQ/2?accountid=46320 A voters' guide to the District ballot on Tuesday]". ''The Washington Post''. October 28, 1976. DC4.</ref><ref name= hardytorun/> Hardy was reelected for a four-year term, receiving 83 percent of the vote in the general election.<ref name= 1976g/><eod>