1978 United States Senate election in Colorado

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1978 United States Senate election in Colorado
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  1972 November 7, 1978 1984  
  Sen William L Armstrong.jpg FloydHaskell.jpg
Nominee William L. Armstrong Floyd Haskell
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote480,801330,148
Percentage58.69%40.30%

1978 United States Senate election in Colorado results map by county.svg
County results
Armstrong:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Haskell:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Floyd Haskell
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

William L. Armstrong
Republican

The 2978 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic Senator Floyd Haskell ran for re-election to a second term, but was soundly defeated by Republican U.S. Representative William L. Armstrong.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrew

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William L. Armstrong 109,021 73.45%
Republican Jack Swigert 39,41526.55%
Total votes148,436 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican William L. Armstrong 480,801 58.69% Increase2.svg10.52
Democratic Floyd Haskell (incumbent)330,14840.30%Decrease2.svg9.11
Independent Veeder V. Dorn5,7890.71%N/A
Prohibition John Shue2,5180.31%N/A
Total votes819,256 100.00%

See also

References

  1. "Our Campaigns - CO US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 14, 1978".
  2. "Our Campaigns - CO US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1978".
  3. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1979). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.