1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey

The 1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 7, 1978. Democratic nominee Bill Bradley defeated Republican nominee Jeff Bell with 55.32% of the vote.

1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey
November 7, 1978
 
Nominee Bill Bradley Jeff Bell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,082,960 844,200
Percentage 55.32% 43.13%
County Results

Bradley:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Bell:      40-50%      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Clifford P. Case
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Bill Bradley
Democratic

Elections in New Jersey

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on June 6, 1978.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results
Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Bradley 217,502 58.90
Democratic Richard Leone 97,667 26.45
Democratic Alexander J. Menza 32,386 8.77
Democratic Kenneth C. McCarthy 9,524 2.58
Democratic Wesley K. Bell 8,800 2.38
Democratic Ray Rollinson 3,374 0.91
Total votes 369,253 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results
Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Bell 118,555 50.74
Republican Clifford P. Case 115,082 49.26
Total votes 233,637 100.00

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

  • Bill Bradley, Democratic
  • Jeff Bell, Republican

Other candidates

  • Herbert H. Shaw, Independent
  • Bill Gahres, Independent
  • Jack Moyers, Libertarian
  • Robert Bowen, Labor
  • J.M. Carter, Independent
  • Jasper C. Gould, Independent
  • William R. Thorn, Independent
  • Paul Ferguson, Socialist Labor
  • Alice Conner, Socialist Workers

Results
1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Bill Bradley 1,082,960 55.32%
Republican Jeff Bell 844,200 43.13%
Independent Herbert H. Shaw 4,736 0.24%
Independent Bill Gahres 3,817 0.20%
Libertarian Jack Moyers 3,809 0.20%
U.S. Labor Robert Bowen 3,656 0.19%
Independent J.M. Carter 3,618 0.19%
Independent Jasper C. Gould 2,955 0.15%
Independent William R. Thorn 2,776 0.14%
Socialist Labor Paul Ferguson 2,604 0.13%
Socialist Workers Alice Conner 2,384 0.12%
Majority 238,760
Turnout 1,957,515
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

References
  1. "1978 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1978. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  2. "1978 General Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1978. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
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