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1978 U.S. Senate election results

33 races · 33 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1978 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1978 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaHowell HeflinD547,054 votes · +512,103 over Jerome B. Couch
AlaskaTed StevensR92,783 votes · +63,209 over Donald Hobbs
ArkansasDavid H. PryorD395,506 votes · +311,198 over Tom Kelly
ColoradoWilliam L. Bill ArmstrongR480,801 votes · +150,653 over Floyd K. Haskell
DelawareJoe BidenD93,930 votes · +27,451 over James H. Baxter Jr.
GeorgiaSam NunnD536,320 votes · +427,512 over John W. Stokes
IdahoJames A. McClureR194,412 votes · +104,777 over Dwight Jensen
IllinoisCharles H. PereyR1,698,711 votes · +250,524 over Alex Smith
IowaRoger W. JepsenR421,598 votes · +26,532 over Dick Clark
KansasNancy Landon KassebaumR403,354 votes · +85,752 over Bill Roy
KentuckyWalter D. HuddlestonD290,730 votes · +114,964 over Louie Guenthner Jr.
LouisianaJ. Bennett Johnston Jr.D1 votes
MaineWilliam S. CohenR212,294 votes · +84,967 over William D. Hathaway
MassachusettsPaul E. TsongasD1,093,283 votes · +202,699 over Edward W. Brooke
MichiganCarl LevinD1,484,193 votes · +122,028 over Robert P. Griffin
MinnesotaRudolph E. BoschwitzR894,092 votes · +255,717 over Wendell Anderson
MississippiThad CochranR267,302 votes · +79,761 over Maurice Dantin
MontanaMax BaucusD160,353 votes · +32,764 over Larry Williams
NebraskaJames J. ExonD334,096 votes · +174,390 over Donald Eugene Shasten
New HampshireGordon J. HumphreyR133,745 votes · +5,800 over Thomas J. McIntyre
New JerseyBill BradleyD1,082,960 votes · +238,760 over Jeffrey Bell
New MexicoPete V DomeniciR183,442 votes · +23,397 over Toney Anaya
North CarolinaJesse HelmsR619,151 votes · +102,488 over John Randolph Ingram
OklahomaDavid Lyle BorenD493,953 votes · +246,096 over Robert B. Kamm
OregonMark O. HatfieldR550,165 votes · +208,549 over Vern Cook
Rhode IslandClaiborne Deb. PellD229,557 votes · +153,496 over James G. Reyonlds
South CarolinaStrom ThurmondR351,917 votes · +71,771 over Charles D. Ravenel
South DakotaLarry PresslerR170,832 votes · +86,065 over Don Barnett
TennesseeHoward H. BakerR642,644 votes · +176,416 over Jane Eskind
TexasJohn G. TowerR1,151,376 votes · +12,227 over Robert Krueger
VirginiaJohn William WarnerR613,232 votes · +4,721 over Andrew P. Miller
West VirginiaJennings RandolphD249,034 votes · +4,717 over Arch A. Moore Jr.
WyomingRaymond B. WhitakerD82,908 votes · +32,452 over Alan Kooi Simpson