1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia Knowpia

1978 United States Senate election in Georgia
	County results; Nunn: 50–60% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
U.S. senator before election; Sam Nunn; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Sam Nunn; Democratic

The 1978 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sam Nunn won re-election to a second term.^[1]

Major candidates edit

Democratic edit

Sam Nunn, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican edit

John W. Stokes

Results edit

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sam Nunn (incumbent)	536,320	83.13%	+29.17%
	Republican	John W. Stokes	108,808	16.87%	-29.14%
Majority			427,512	66.27%	+58.32%
Turnout			645,128
	Democratic hold		Swing