United States Senate election in Delaware, 1978

November 7, 1978



Nominee	Joe Biden	James H. Baxter, Jr.
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	93,930	66,479
Percentage	57.96%	41.02%

County results

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Joe Biden
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Elected U.S. Senator

Joe Biden
Democratic

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The 1978 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Joe Biden won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican challenger James H. Baxter, Jr.

General election

Candidates

Joe Biden (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
James H. Baxter, Jr. (R), Delaware Secretary of Agriculture^[1]
Donald G. Gies (A)

Results

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Biden (inc.)	93,930	57.96%	+7.48%
	Republican	James H. Baxter, Jr.	66,479	41.02%	-8.08%
	American	Donald G. Gies	1,663	1.03%	+0.68%
Majority			27,451	16.94%	+15.56%
Turnout			162,072
	Democratic hold		Swing

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