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1978 United States Senate special election in Alabama

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1978 United States Senate special election in Alabama
← 1974November 7, 19781980 →
 
NomineeDonald W. StewartJames D. Martin
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Popular vote401,852316,170
Percentage54.93%43.22%
County results
Stewart:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Martin:     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Maryon Pittman Allen
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Donald W. Stewart
Democratic

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The1978 United States Senate special election in Alabama was held on November 7, 1978. It was a special election to fill the seat which had been held by SenatorJim Allen, who died on June 1. His widowMaryon was appointed on June 8 by governorGeorge Wallace to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held.[1]

Democratic state senatorDonald W. Stewart defeated Allen in the Democratic primary then defeated former Republican CongressmanJames D. Martin to serve the remaining two years of the term.

Primary elections were held on September 5, 1978, with the Democratic runoff held on September 26, 1978.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary first round results by county
  Pittman Allen
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Stewart
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Taylor
  •   60–70%
  •   40–50%
  Wiley
  •   40–50%
Primary election results[5][6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMaryon Pittman Allen (incumbent)334,15644.51%
DemocraticDonald W. Stewart259,79534.61%
DemocraticTed Taylor70,8949.44%
DemocraticDan Wiley66,6898.88%
DemocraticGene Myracle19,1662.55%
Total votes750,700100.00%

Runoff results

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Democratic primary runoff results by county
  Stewart
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Pittman Allen
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Primary runoff election results[5][7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDonald W. Stewart502,34657.20%
DemocraticMaryon Pittman Allen (incumbent)375,89442.80%
Total votes878,240100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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  • Elvin McCary, Republican nominee forGovernor in1974
  • George W. Nichols, attorney[8]

Results

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Republican primary results by county
  Nichols
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  McCary
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  No Vote
Primary election results[9][5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanGeorge W. Nichols15,63772.47%
RepublicanElvin McCary5,94127.53%
Total votes21,578100.00%

Withdrew

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Nichols withdrew from the race in order thatJames D. Martin, former U.S. Representative forAlabama's 7th congressional district, who had been nominated to run in the concurrentregular Senate election, could switch races.[10]

General election

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Results

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United States Senate special election in Alabama, 1978[11][12][13][14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDonald W. Stewart401,85254.93%
RepublicanJames D. Martin316,17043.22%
LibertarianMichael R. A. Erdey6,0060.82%
ProhibitionA. J. Killingsworth5,8140.80%
Peace and FreedomJoseph T. Robino1,7680.24%
Majority85,68211.74%
Turnout731,610
Democratichold

Bibliography

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  • Congressional Elections, 1946-1996. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998.ISBN 1-56802-248-4.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Maryon Pittman Allen",Women in Congress (website), Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, archived fromthe original on January 1, 2012, retrievedMarch 3, 2012
  2. ^"Myracle to file".Alabama Journal. Montgomery, Alabama. June 15, 1978. p. 35. RetrievedMay 31, 2021.
  3. ^"Who is Ted Taylor?".The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. July 27, 1978. p. 18. RetrievedMay 31, 2021.
  4. ^"Wiley: Mrs. Allen okay after all".The Anniston Star. Anniston, Alabama. September 16, 1978. p. 8. RetrievedMay 31, 2021.
  5. ^abcCongressional Quarterly 1998, p. 104.
  6. ^"AL US Senate – Special D Primary, 1978".OurCampaigns.com. RetrievedMay 31, 2021.
  7. ^"AL US Senate – Special D Primary Runoff, 1978".OurCampaigns.com. RetrievedMay 31, 2021.
  8. ^"Former Democrats McCary, Nichols vie for GOP nomination to Sen. Allen's seat".The Anniston Star. Anniston, Alabama. August 27, 1978. p. 14. RetrievedMay 31, 2021.
  9. ^"AL US Senate – Special R Primary, 1978".OurCampaigns.com. RetrievedMay 31, 2021.
  10. ^"Martin to switch to Stewart race?".The Anniston Star. Anniston, Alabama. October 2, 1978. p. 1. RetrievedMay 31, 2021.
  11. ^"AL US Senate - Special Election, 1978".OurCampaigns.com. RetrievedMay 31, 2021.
  12. ^Scammon, Richard M.; McGillivray, Alice V.., eds. (November 30, 1979).America Votes 13: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1978. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, Inc. (published 1979). p. 37.ISBN 9780871871831.
  13. ^Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 81.
  14. ^Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1979)."Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978"(PDF).U.S. Government Printing Office.
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