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  US Senate - National Vote
RACE DETAILS
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OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type Control Indicator
Filing Deadline 00, 1974 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 05, 1974 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 07, 1978 - 06:30pm Central
Term Start January 03, 1979 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 1981 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedChronicler August 23, 2005 07:03pm
Data SourcesDubin, pp. 694-716.
Description The Republican Party was rejeuvenated by the U.S. Senate elections of 1978. Although the Democrats won a nationwide popular vote victory of 51-47%, the Republicans scored a net gain of three seats, winning 20 races to 15 for the Democrats. As in 1976, several seats changed hands: 13 in 1978.

New U.S. Senators: Stewart (AL), Pryor (AR), Armstrong (CO), Jepsen (IA), Kassebaum (KS), Cohen (ME), Tsongas (MA), Levin (MI), Durenberger (MN), Boschwitz (MN), Cochran (MS), Baucus (MT), Exon (NE), Humphrey (NH), Bradley (NJ), Boren (OK), Pressler (SD), Warner (VA), and Simpson (WY).

Aggregate nationwide totals for U.S. Senate races in 1978:

Democratic 16,113,811 - 51.2%
Republican 14,822,589 - 47.1
Independent 252,714 - 0.8
Am. Independent 148,975 - 0.5
Prohibition 48,669 - 0.2
Socialist Workers 43,577 - 0.1
Libertarian 39,002 - 0.1
La Raza Unida 17,869 - 0.1
Labor 9,121
Socialist Labor 2,604
Peace and Freedom 1,768

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Name (I) Democratic Party Control Republican Party Control American Independent Party Control Independent Control Liberal Party Control Peace and Freedom Party Control Socialist Workers Party Control
PartyDemocratic Republican American Independent Independent Liberal Peace & Freedom Socialist Workers
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Uncertified Votes 68,806,779 (53.38%) 55,088,217 (42.74%) 2,198,796 (1.71%) 1,638,533 (1.27%) 425,742 (0.33%) 259,580 (0.20%) 156,236 (0.12%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -13,718,562 (-10.64%) -66,607,983 (-51.68%) -67,168,246 (-52.11%) -68,381,037 (-53.05%) -68,547,199 (-53.18%) -68,650,543 (-53.26%)
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Name Libertarian Party Control Labor Party Control Prohibition Party Control Communist Party Control Socialist Labor Party Control La Raza Unida Party Control  
PartyLibertarian U.S. Labor Prohibition Communist Socialist Labor La Raza Unida  
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Uncertified Votes 112,114 (0.09%) 69,042 (0.05%) 57,295 (0.04%) 37,899 (0.03%) 20,111 (0.02%) 18,956 (0.02%)  
Margin-68,694,665 (-53.30%) -68,737,737 (-53.33%) -68,749,484 (-53.34%) -68,768,880 (-53.35%) -68,786,668 (-53.37%) -68,787,823 (-53.37%)  
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