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.
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]
1978, united, states, senate, election, louisiana, open, primary, election, held, september, 1978, 1972, september, 1978, 1984, nominee, bennett, johnston, woody, jenkinsparty, democratic, democraticpopular, vote, 896percentage, parish, resultsjohnston, jenkin. The open primary election for the 1978 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on September 16 1978 1978 United States Senate election in Louisiana 1972 September 16 1978 1984 Nominee J Bennett Johnston Woody JenkinsParty Democratic DemocraticPopular vote 498 773 340 896Percentage 59 40 40 60 Parish resultsJohnston 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Jenkins 50 60 U S senator before electionJ Bennett JohnstonDemocratic Elected U S Senator J Bennett JohnstonDemocraticIncumbent 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 Contents 1 Candidates 1 1 Democratic Party 2 Results 2 1 Primary election 2 2 General election 3 See also 4 ReferencesCandidates editDemocratic Party edit J Bennett Johnston incumbent Senator Woody Jenkins State RepresentativeResults editPrimary election edit 1978 U S Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic J Bennett Johnston incumbent 498 773 59 4 Democratic Woody Jenkins 340 896 40 6 Total votes 839 669 100 General election edit 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 See also edit1978 United States Senate electionsReferences edit LA US Senate Our Campaigns Retrieved August 15 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 United States Senate election in Louisiana amp oldid 1174190894, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
