1978 US Senate

34 contests

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34 contests|D won 15|R won 19

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	HeflinDEM	94.0%	547,054	OtherOTH	6.0%	34,951	D+94.0	↑ D+64.8
▶	Alabama(S)	StewartDEM	56.0%	401,852	MartinREP	44.0%	316,170	D+11.9	↓ R+17.3
▶	Arkansas	PryorDEM	76.6%	399,916	KellyREP	16.2%	84,722	D+60.4	↑ D+38.6
▶	Colorado	ArmstrongREP	58.7%	480,596	HaskellDEM	40.3%	330,247	R+18.4	↓ R+19.4
▶	Delaware	BidenDEM	58.0%	93,930	BaxterREP	41.0%	66,479	D+16.9	↑ D+15.6
▶	Georgia	NunnDEM	83.1%	536,320	StokesREP	16.9%	108,808	D+66.3	↑ D+58.3
▶	Idaho	McClureREP	68.4%	194,412	JensenDEM	31.6%	89,635	R+36.9	↓ R+30.1
▶	Illinois	PercyREP	53.3%	1,698,711	SeithDEM	45.5%	1,448,187	R+7.9	↑ D+17.0
▶	Iowa	JepsenREP	51.1%	421,598	ClarkDEM	47.9%	395,066	R+3.2	↓ R+14.2
▶	Kansas	KassebaumREP	53.9%	403,354	RoyDEM	42.4%	317,602	R+11.4	↑ D+36.9
▶	Kentucky	HuddlestonDEM	61.0%	290,730	GuenthnerREP	36.9%	175,766	D+24.1	↑ D+20.8
▶	Louisiana	JohnstonDEM	59.4%	498,773	OtherOTH	40.6%	340,896	D+59.4	↑ D+23.3
▶	Maine	CohenREP	56.6%	212,294	HathawayDEM	33.9%	127,327	R+22.6	↓ R+29.1
▶	Massachusetts	TsongasDEM	55.1%	1,094,093	BrookeREP	44.9%	890,584	D+10.3	↑ D+39.0
▶	Michigan	LevinDEM	52.1%	1,484,193	GriffinREP	47.9%	1,362,165	D+4.3	↑ D+10.3
▶	Minnesota	BoschwitzREP	56.6%	894,092	AndersonDEM	40.4%	638,375	R+16.2	↓ R+30.0
▶	Minnesota(S)	DurenbergerREP	61.5%	957,908	ShortDEM	34.6%	538,675	R+26.9	↓ R+40.7
▶	Mississippi	CochranREP	45.0%	263,089	DantinDEM	31.8%	185,454	R+13.3	↓ R+32.7
▶	Montana	BaucusDEM	55.7%	160,353	WilliamsREP	44.3%	127,589	D+11.4	↑ D+7.5
▶	Nebraska	ExonDEM	67.6%	334,276	ShasteenREP	32.3%	159,806	D+35.3	↑ D+41.6
▶	New Hampshire	HumphreyREP	50.7%	133,745	McIntyreDEM	48.5%	127,945	R+2.2	↓ R+16.0
▶	New Jersey	BradleyDEM	55.3%	1,082,960	BellREP	43.1%	844,200	D+12.2	↑ D+40.1
▶	New Mexico	DomeniciREP	53.4%	183,442	AnayaDEM	46.6%	160,045	R+6.8	↑ D+1.2
▶	North Carolina	HelmsREP	54.5%	619,151	IngramDEM	45.5%	516,663	R+9.0	↓ R+1.0
▶	Oklahoma	BorenDEM	65.5%	493,953	KammREP	32.9%	247,857	D+32.6	↑ D+36.5
▶	Oregon	HatfieldREP	61.6%	550,165	CookDEM	38.3%	341,616	R+23.4	↓ R+15.8
▶	Rhode Island	PellDEM	75.1%	229,557	ReynoldsREP	24.9%	76,061	D+50.2	↑ D+42.3
▶	South Carolina	ThurmondREP	55.6%	351,733	RavenelDEM	44.4%	281,119	R+11.2	↑ D+15.8
▶	South Dakota	PresslerREP	66.8%	170,832	BarnettDEM	33.2%	84,767	R+33.7	↓ R+47.8
▶	Tennessee	BakerREP	55.5%	642,644	EskindDEM	40.3%	466,228	R+15.3	↑ D+8.4
▶	Texas	TowerREP	49.8%	1,151,376	KruegerDEM	49.3%	1,139,149	R+0.5	↑ D+8.6
▶	Virginia	WarnerREP	50.2%	613,232	MillerDEM	49.8%	608,511	R+0.4	↑ D+5.1
▶	West Virginia	RandolphDEM	50.5%	249,034	MooreREP	49.5%	244,317	D+1.0	↓ R+31.9
▶	Wyoming	SimpsonREP	62.2%	82,908	WhitakerDEM	37.8%	50,456	R+24.3	↑ D+18.3

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