Elections by year

1978 elections

Every election in 1978 in the 99chambers archive: generals, primaries, specials and runoffs for Congress, governor, statewide offices and the state legislatures.

← 19771979 →

Races6,794
Changed party515
Unopposed28%1,536 races
Incumbents defeated348

1978 primaries

1,241 races in 10 states: State legislatures

Jun 1, 1978 runoff

12 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Aug 1, 1978 runoff

19 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Sep 1, 1978 runoff

67 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Oct 1, 1978 runoff

24 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Nov 1, 1978 special

3 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Nov 7, 1978 general

2 races in 1 state: State legislatures

1978 general

5,426 races in 50 states: U.S. Senate, Governors, U.S. House, State legislaturesD 277 · R 158

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); English Wikipedia; Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab