United States Senate election in Maine, 1978

November 7, 1978



Nominee	William Cohen	William Hathaway	Hayes Gahagan
Party	Republican	Democratic	Independent
Popular vote	212,294	127,327	27,824
Percentage	56.59%	33.94%	7.42%

U.S. Senator before election

William Hathaway
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

William Cohen
Republican

The 1978 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic United States Senator William Hathaway decided to run for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by William Cohen, the Republican nominee and the United States Congressman from Maine's 2nd congressional district.

Major candidates

Democratic

William Hathaway, incumbent United States Senator

Republican

William Cohen, United States Congressman from Maine's 2nd congressional district

Independent

Hayes Gahagan, former Maine State Senator
John J. Jannace
Plato Truman

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Maine, 1978^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	William Cohen	212,294	56.59%	+9.83%
	Democratic	William Hathaway (inc.)	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

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf

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