The 1978 elections A midterm cycle: 33 US Senate contests on record. Presidential pages cover the quadrennial years on either side.
Elections › 1978 akashic 1978 Senate margin by state A map of the United States with each state filled by its 1978 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state. Alabama · D+94.0 Alaska · R+51.7 Arizona · — Colorado · R+18.4 Florida · — Georgia · D+66.3 Indiana · — Kansas · R+11.5 Maine · R+22.7 Massachusetts · D+10.2 Minnesota · R+16.2 New Jersey · D+12.2 North Carolina · R+9.0 North Dakota · — Oklahoma · D+32.6 Pennsylvania · — South Dakota · R+33.7 Texas · R+0.5 Wyoming · D+24.3 Connecticut · — Missouri · — West Virginia · D+1.0 Illinois · R+7.9 New Mexico · R+6.8 Arkansas · D+60.2 California · — Delaware · D+16.9 District of Columbia · — Hawaii · — Iowa · R+3.2 Kentucky · D+24.1 Maryland · — Michigan · D+4.3 Mississippi · R+13.5 Montana · D+11.4 New Hampshire · R+2.2 New York · — Ohio · — Oregon · R+23.4 Tennessee · R+15.2 Utah · — Virginia · R+0.4 Washington · — Wisconsin · — Nebraska · D+35.3 South Carolina · R+11.4 Idaho · R+36.9 Nevada · — Vermont · — Louisiana · D+100.0 Rhode Island · D+50.2 AL AK CO GA KS ME MN NC OK SD TX WY WV IL NM AR IA KY MI MS MT OR TN VA NE SC ID LA States with a Senate contest in 1978, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won.
