1978 United States Senate election in Louisiana

The open primary election for the 1978 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on September 16, 1978.

September 16, 1978


Nominee	J. Bennett Johnston	Woody Jenkins
Party	Democratic	Democratic
Popular vote	498,773	340,896
Percentage	59.40%	40.60%

U.S. senator before election

J. Bennett Johnston
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

J. Bennett Johnston
Democratic

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Incumbent Senator J. Bennett Johnston won the election with 59.40% of the vote and was declared elected by a majority, dispelling the need for a general election in November.

Candidates

Democratic Party

J. Bennett Johnston, incumbent Senator
Woody Jenkins, State Representative

Results

Primary election

1978 U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Bennett Johnston (incumbent)	498,773	59.40%
	Democratic	Woody Jenkins	340,896	40.60%
Total votes			839,669	100.00%

General election

By virtue of Johnston's majority of the vote in the primary election, he was unopposed in the general election. Under Louisiana state law at the time, it was not required to tabulate votes for unopposed candidates.[2]

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References

"LA US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1979). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

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1978 United States Senate election in Louisiana

Candidates

Democratic Party

Results

Primary election

General election

See also

References