1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 Kansas election results
Every race on Kansas's ballot in the 1978 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races133
Changed party17
Unopposed26%34 races
Incumbents defeated9
U.S. Senate
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | Nancy Kassebaum (R) | 11.5 |
Governors
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | John Carlin (D) | 2.2 |
U.S. House
D 1 · R 4 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS-1 | Keith G. Sebelius (R) | Unopposed | |
| KS-2 | Jim Jeffries (R) | 4.1 | Flipped |
| KS-3 | Larry Winn Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| KS-4 | Daniel Glickman (D) | 39.1 | |
| KS-5 | Robert Whittaker (R) | 15.7 |
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-22 | Merrill Werts (R) | 10.5 |
Kansas House of Representatives
D 56 · R 68 · Other 1 · 16 changed party
Kansas
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); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab