1978 United States Senate election in Maine
The 1978 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator William Hathaway decided to run for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by William Cohen, the Republican nominee and the U.S. representative from Maine's 2nd congressional district. No incumbent Senator has lost by such a large margin since Hathaway's 22.65-point loss.
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General election
Candidates
- William Cohen, U.S. Representative from Bangor
- Hayes Gahagan, former State Senator from Caribou (Independent)
- William Hathaway, incumbent United States Senator (Democratic)
- John J. Jannace (Independent)
- Plato Truman (Independent)
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William Cohen | 212,294 | 56.59% | +9.83% | |
Democratic | William Hathaway (incumbent) | 127,327 | 33.94% | -19.29% | |
Independent | Hayes E. Gahagan | 27,824 | 7.42% | ||
Independent | John J. Jannace | 5,553 | 1.48% | ||
Independent | Plato Truman | 2,116 | 0.56% | ||
Majority | 84,967 | 22.65% | +16.19% | ||
Turnout | 375,114 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
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