1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 Wyoming election results
Every race on Wyoming's ballot in the 1978 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races39
Changed party7
Unopposed33%13 races
Incumbents defeated4
U.S. Senate
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | Raymond B. Whitaker (D) | 24.3 |
Governors
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | Ed Herschler (D) | 1.7 |
U.S. House
R 1 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY-AL | Dick Cheney (R) | 17.3 | Flipped |
Wyoming State Senate
D 5 · R 10 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-ALBANY-2 | David R. Nicholas (R) | 4.7 | Flipped |
| SD-CAMPBELLJOHNSON | Catherine M. Parks (R) | 42.6 | |
| SD-CARBON | O. R. Daily (D) | 25.6 | |
| SD-CONVERSENIOBRARA | Eddie Moore (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-CROOKWESTON | Earl Christensen (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-FREMONT-2 | Robert L. Novotny (R) | 19.3 | |
| SD-HOTSPRINGSWASHAKIE | Gerald E. Geis (R) | 24.6 | |
| SD-LARAMIE-2 | J. W. Norris · Milton E. Nichols (D) | 2.0 | |
| SD-NATRONA-2 | Tom Stroock · Dick Sadler (REP) | 2.3 | |
| SD-NORTHLINCOLNSUBLETTETETON | John F. Turner (R) | 12.9 | |
| SD-PARK-2 | L. Donald Northrup (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-SHERIDAN-2 | Fenworth Downing (R) | 13.8 | |
| SD-SWEETWATER-2 | Ford Bussart (D) | Unopposed |
Wyoming House of Representatives
D 20 · R 42 · 5 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-ALBANY | T. Larson · Sheila Arnold · Bob J. Burnett · Patti Macmillan · Matilda Hansen (DEM) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-BIGHORN | Esther Eskens · Grant L. Sanders (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-CAMPBELL | Tom Getter · Lawrence J. Hunter (REP) | 2.8 | |
| HD-CARBON | Thomas Elton Trowbridge · George R. Salisbury · B. G. Michie (D) | 5.0 | |
| HD-CONVERSE | William Rory Cross (R) | 31.6 | Flipped |
| HD-CROOK | Marlene Simons (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-FREMONT | John P. Vinich · Frank Dusl · Bruce McMillan · Gary Jennings · John R. Hursh (DEM) | 1.0 | |
| HD-GOSHEN | Douglas W. Chamberlain · Donald B. Scott (REP) | 3.9 | |
| HD-HOTSPRINGS | Stanford S. Smith (R) | 18.2 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-JOHNSON | John P. Marton (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| HD-LARAMIE | Ellen Crowley · Elizabeth Phelan · Dean Prosser Jr. · Carrol P. Orrison · Bill McIlvain · Alvin Wiederspahn · William C. Edwards · Walter Urbigkit · Cynthia M. Lummis · Mary K. Schwope · Pat Tugman (REP) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-LINCOLN | Alan Stauffer · Wilford N. Hemmert (R) | 1.6 | |
| HD-NATRONA | Patrick H. Meenan · Russ Donley · Warren A. Morton · Jack Sidi · Edness Kimball Wilkins · Charles Scott · Quincy L. Tarter · William S. Curry · Nyla Murphy · Bill Bragg (REP) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-NIOBRARA | Kenneth Gropp (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| HD-PARK | John Winninger · Peg Shreve · Tom Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-PLATTE | Doug Bryant (D) | 31.4 | |
| HD-SHERIDAN | Victor Garber · Tom Kinnison · Carleton F. Perry (R) | 0.3 | |
| HD-SUBLETTE | C. R. Oneil (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SWEETWATER | Ann Strand · James E. Roth · Eldon M. Spicer (DEM) | 1.7 | |
| HD-TETON | H. L. Jensen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-UINTA | Ron Micheli (R) | 44.1 | |
| HD-WASHAKIE | David H. Asay (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| HD-WESTON | Don Thorson (R) | Unopposed |
Wyoming
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