1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey

The 1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Clifford P. Case ran for re-election to a fifth term in office, but was narrowly defeated in the Republican primary by anti-tax conservative Jeff Bell, who then went on to lose the general election to Democratic nominee Bill Bradley.

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

Federal government

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Primary elections

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

Candidates

Bill Bradley, former professional basketball player
Richard Leone, former New Jersey State Treasurer
Alexander J. Menza, State Senator
Kenneth C. McCarthy
Wesley K. Bell, former Mayor of Stafford Township
Ray Rollinson

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

Candidates

Jeff Bell, political aide
Clifford P. Case, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Bell	118,555	50.74
	Republican	Clifford P. Case (incumbent)	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%
Total votes			1,957,515	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

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

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