The 1978 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ted Stevens was re-elected to a third term (a second full term) in office, defeating Democrat Donald Hobbs.
1978, united, states, senate, election, alaska, held, november, 1978, incumbent, republican, senator, stevens, elected, third, term, second, full, term, office, defeating, democrat, donald, hobbs, 1972, november, 1978, 1984, nominee, stevens, donald, hobbspart. The 1978 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 7 1978 Incumbent Republican U S Senator Ted Stevens was re elected to a third term a second full term in office defeating Democrat Donald Hobbs 1978 United States Senate election in Alaska 1972 November 7 1978 1984 Nominee Ted Stevens Donald HobbsParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 92 783 29 574Percentage 75 59 24 10 Results by state house districtStevens 60 70 70 80 80 90 U S senator before electionTed StevensRepublican Elected U S Senator Ted StevensRepublican Contents 1 Open primary 1 1 Candidates 1 1 1 Democratic 1 1 2 Republican 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Results 3 See also 4 ReferencesOpen primary editCandidates edit Democratic edit Donald W Hobbs candidate for Senate in 1974 Joseph A Sonneman attorney and photographer from JuneauRepublican edit Ted Stevens incumbent SenatorResults edit 1978 Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ted Stevens incumbent 83 528 81 27 Democratic Donald W Hobbs 10 589 10 30 Democratic Joseph A Sonneman 8 662 8 43 Total votes 102 779 100 00 General election editResults edit General election results 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ted Stevens incumbent 92 783 75 59 nbsp 1 71Democratic Donald W Hobbs 29 574 24 10 nbsp 1 40Write in All others 384 0 31 nbsp 0 31Total votes 133 364 100 00 Republican hold SwingSee also edit1978 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Our Campaigns AK US Senate Open Primary Race Aug 22 1978 www ourcampaigns com Our Campaigns AK US Senate Race Nov 07 1978 www ourcampaigns com Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1979 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7 1978 PDF U S Government Printing Office nbsp nbsp This Alaska elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 United States Senate election in Alaska amp oldid 1180904554, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
