The 1978 United States Senate election in Oregon took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Republican Senator Mark Hatfield was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating Democrat Vernon Cook.
1978, united, states, senate, election, oregon, took, place, november, 1978, incumbent, republican, senator, mark, hatfield, elected, third, term, office, defeating, democrat, vernon, cook, 1972, november, 1978, 1984, nominee, mark, hatfield, vernon, cook, par. The 1978 United States Senate election in Oregon took place on November 7 1978 Incumbent Republican Senator Mark Hatfield was re elected to a third term in office defeating Democrat Vernon Cook 1978 United States Senate election in Oregon 1972 November 7 1978 1984 Nominee Mark Hatfield Vernon Cook Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 550 615 341 616 Percentage 61 66 38 26 County results Hatfield 50 60 60 70 70 80 Cook 50 60 U S senator before election Mark Hatfield Republican Elected U S Senator Mark Hatfield Republican Contents 1 Republican primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Democratic primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesRepublican primary editCandidates edit Mark Hatfield incumbent Senator Bert W Hawkins Robert D Maxwell Richard L Schnepel Results edit 1978 Republican Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mark Hatfield incumbent 159 617 65 66 Republican Bert W Hawkins 43 350 17 83 Republican Robert D Maxwell 24 294 9 99 Republican Richard L Schnepel 15 628 6 43 Write in All others 197 0 07 Total votes 243 086 100 00 Democratic primary editCandidates edit Steve Anderson attorney from Salem and candidate for U S Representative in 1960 and 1974 Jack A Brown Vernon Cook state legislator from Gresham and candidate for U S Representative in 1970 and 1974 John Sweeney candidate for Mayor of Portland in 1968 Results edit 1978 Democratic Senate primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Vernon Cook 151 754 58 32 Democratic John Sweeney 41 599 15 99 Democratic Jack A Brown 35 211 13 53 Democratic Steve Anderson 30 066 11 56 Republican Mark Hatfield incumbent write in 1 106 0 39 Write in All others 552 0 21 Total votes 260 197 100 00 General election editResults edit General election results 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mark Hatfield incumbent 550 615 61 66 nbsp 7 94 Democratic Vernon Cook 341 616 38 26 nbsp 7 90 Write in All others 737 0 08 Total votes 892 968 100 00 Republican hold SwingSee also edit1978 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Our Campaigns OR US Senate R Primary Race May 23 1978 Our Campaigns OR US Senate D Primary Race May 23 1978 Our Campaigns OR US Senate Race Nov 07 1978 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 Oregon amp oldid 1174190913, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
