1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 U.S. House election results

Every U.S. House race in the 1978 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races435
Changed party35
Unopposed11%48 races

Alabama

D 4 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AL-1Jack Edwards (R)27.9
AL-2William Dickinson (R)8.0
AL-3Bill Nichols (D)Unopposed
AL-4Tom Bevill (D)Unopposed
AL-5Ronnie Flippo (D)93.7
AL-6John H. Buchanan Jr. (R)23.4
AL-7Richard C. Shelby (D)89.9
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AK-ALDon Young (R)11.0

Arizona

D 2 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AZ-1John Rhodes (R)41.9
AZ-2Morris Udall (D)7.1
AZ-3Robert Stump (D)69.9
AZ-4Eldon Rudd (R)29.3

Arkansas

D 2 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AR-1William Alexander (D)Unopposed
AR-2Edwin R. Bethune Jr. (R)2.5Flipped
AR-3John Hammerschmidt (R)56.9
AR-4Beryl Anthony (D)Unopposed

California

D 26 · R 17

Colorado

D 3 · R 2

Connecticut

D 5 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
DE-ALThomas B. Evans Jr. (R)17.0

Florida

D 12 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
FL-1Earl Hutto (D)26.5
FL-2Don Fuqua (D)63.5
FL-3Charles Bennett (D)Unopposed
FL-4Bill Chappell Jr. (D)46.2
FL-5Richard Kelly (R)2.1
FL-6C. W. Bill Young (R)57.5
FL-7Sam Gibbons (D)Unopposed
FL-8Andrew Ireland (D)Unopposed
FL-9Bill Nelson (D)23.0Flipped
FL-10L. A. "skip" Bafalis (R)Unopposed
FL-11Dan Mica (D)10.6
FL-12Edward J. Stack (D)23.3Flipped
FL-13William Lehman (D)Unopposed
FL-14Claude Pepper (D)26.3
FL-15Dante Fascell (D)48.3

Georgia

D 9 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
GA-1Bo Ginn (D)Unopposed
GA-2Dawson Mathis (D)Unopposed
GA-3Jack Brinkley (D)Unopposed
GA-4Elliott H. Levitas (D)61.8
GA-5Wyche Fowler (D)51.0
GA-6Newton Gingrich (R)8.8Flipped
GA-7Larry P. McDonald (D)33.0
GA-8Billy L. Evans (D)Unopposed
GA-9Edgar Jenkins (D)53.9
GA-10Doug Barnard (D)Unopposed
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HI-1Cec Heftel (D)52.1
HI-2Daniel K. Akaka (D)74.4
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ID-1Steven Symms (R)19.8
ID-2George Hansen (R)14.6

Illinois

D 11 · R 13

Indiana

D 7 · R 4

Iowa

D 3 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1James Leach (R)27.7
IA-2Thomas Tauke (R)5.2Flipped
IA-3Chuck Grassley (R)49.6
IA-4Neal Smith (D)29.4
IA-5Tom Harkin (D)17.9
IA-6Berkley Bedell (D)32.6

Kansas

D 1 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KS-1Keith G. Sebelius (R)Unopposed
KS-2Jim Jeffries (R)4.1Flipped
KS-3Larry Winn Jr. (R)Unopposed
KS-4Daniel Glickman (D)39.1
KS-5Robert Whittaker (R)15.7

Kentucky

D 4 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KY-1Carroll Hubbard (D)Unopposed
KY-2William Natcher (D)Unopposed
KY-3Romano Mazzoli (D)34.4
KY-4Gene Snyder (R)31.7
KY-5Tim Lee Carter (R)58.3
KY-6Larry Hopkins (R)4.5Flipped
KY-7Carl Perkins (D)52.9

Louisiana

D 5 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LA-1Robert Livingston (R)UnopposedFlipped
LA-2Lindy "mrs Hale" Boggs (D)Unopposed
LA-3David Conner Treen (R)Unopposed
LA-4Claude Leach (D)0.2
LA-5Jerry Huckaby (D)Unopposed
LA-6W. Henson Moore (R)Unopposed
LA-7John Breaux (D)Unopposed
LA-8Gillis W. Long (D)Unopposed
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ME-1David F. Emery (R)25.7
ME-2Olympia J. Snowe (R)10.0

Maryland

D 6 · R 2

Massachusetts

D 10 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MA-1Silvio Conte (R)Unopposed
MA-2Edward P. Boland (D)45.7
MA-3Joseph Early (D)50.4
MA-4Robert F. Drinan (D)Unopposed
MA-5James M. Shannon (D)24.0
MA-6Nicholas Mavroules (D)7.5
MA-7Ed Markey (D)69.7
MA-8Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. (D)53.7
MA-9John Moakley (D)86.0
MA-10Margaret M. Heckler (R)22.3
MA-11Brian Donnelly (D)83.4
MA-12Gerry Studds (D)Unopposed

Michigan

D 13 · R 6

Minnesota

D 4 · R 4

Mississippi

D 3 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MS-1Jamie Whitten (D)35.5
MS-2David R. Bowen (D)23.5
MS-3Gillespie Montgomery (D)84.7
MS-4Jon C. Henson (R)25.3
MS-5Trent Lott (R)Unopposed

Missouri

D 8 · R 2

Montana

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MT-1Pat Williams (D)14.6
MT-2Ronald Marlenee (R)13.7

Nebraska

D 1 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NE-1Douglas Bereuter (R)16.3
NE-2John J. Cavanaugh (D)4.6
NE-3Virginia Smith (R)60.0
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NV-ALJim Santini (D)48.1

New Hampshire

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NH-1Norman E. D'Amours (D)25.0
NH-2James C. Cleveland (R)36.3

New Jersey

D 10 · R 5

New Mexico

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NM-1Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)25.1
NM-2Harold Runnels (D)Unopposed

New York

D 26 · R 13

North Carolina

D 9 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ND-ALMark Andrews (R)36.2

Ohio

D 10 · R 13

Oklahoma

D 5 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OK-1James R. Jones (D)19.9
OK-2Michael Synar (D)9.6
OK-3Wes Watkins (D)Unopposed
OK-4Tom Steed (D)20.7
OK-5Mickey Edwards (R)59.8
OK-6Glenn English (D)48.4
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OR-1Les AuCoin (D)25.8
OR-2Al Ullman (D)38.4
OR-3Robert B. Duncan (D)69.5
OR-4Jim Weaver (D)12.5

Pennsylvania

D 15 · R 10

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
RI-1Fernand St Germain (D)22.5
RI-2Edward P. Beard (D)5.2

South Carolina

D 4 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SC-1Mendel J. Davis (D)20.8
SC-2Floyd Spence (R)14.9
SC-3Butler Derrick (D)63.8
SC-4Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R)6.2Flipped
SC-5Ken Holland (D)65.3
SC-6John W. Jenrette (D)Unopposed

South Dakota

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Thomas Daschle (D)0.1Flipped
SD-2James Abdnor (R)12.1

Tennessee

D 5 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
TN-1James Quillen (R)29.0
TN-2John J. Duncan, Jr. (R)63.7
TN-3Marilyn Lloyd (D)77.8
TN-4Albert Gore (D)Unopposed
TN-5Bill Boner (D)16.0
TN-6Robin Beard (R)49.3
TN-7Ed Jones (D)45.8
TN-8Harold Ford (D)40.6

Texas

D 20 · R 4

Utah

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
UT-1Gunn McKay (D)4.8
UT-2Dan Marriott (R)26.9
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
VT-ALJames Jeffords (R)56.0

Virginia

D 4 · R 6

Washington

D 6 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WV-1Robert H. Mollohan (D)26.8
WV-2Harley Staggers (D)10.6
WV-3John M. Slack (D)18.4
WV-4Nick J. Rahall II (D)Unopposed

Wisconsin

D 6 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WY-ALDick Cheney (R)17.3Flipped

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab