1978 United States House of Representatives elections explained

Election Name:	1978 United States House of Representatives elections
Country:	United States
Flag Year:	1960
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1976 United States House of Representatives elections
Previous Year:	1976
Election Date:	November 7, 1978
Next Election:	1980 United States House of Representatives elections
Next Year:	1980
Seats For Election:	All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	218
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Image1:	File:Tip O'Neill 1978 (retouched).jpg
Leader1:	Tip O'Neill
Leader Since1:	January 4, 1977
Leaders Seat1:	Massachusetts 8th
Last Election1:	292 seats
Seats1:	277
Seat Change1:	15
Popular Vote1:	29,317,777
Percentage1:	53.7%
Swing1:	2.2%
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Leader2:	John Rhodes
Leader Since2:	December 7, 1973
Last Election2:	143 seats
Seats2:	157
Seat Change2:	14
Popular Vote2:	24,464,665
Percentage2:	44.8%
Swing2:	2.5%
Party4:	Conservative Party of New York State
Last Election4:	0 seats
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Popular Vote4:	74,531
Percentage4:	0.1%
Map Size:	320px
Speaker
Before Election:	Tip O'Neill
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Tip O'Neill
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1978 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 7, 1978, to elect members to serve in the 96th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of Democratic President Jimmy Carter's term, amidst an energy crisis and rapid inflation. The Democratic Party lost a net of 15 seats to the Republican Party, and thus lost their two-thirds supermajority, but still maintained a large 277-seat majority.

As of, this was the last midterm election where the Democrats managed to maintain a majority in the House of Representatives under a Democratic president and the last midterm election in which a registered third party member was elected.

Overall results

↓
277	1	157
Democratic	C	Republican

Parties	Seats				Popular vote
Previous election	This election	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic		292		277	15		63.7%	29,317,222	53.7%	2.2%
	Republican	143	157		14	36.1%	24,464,665	44.8%	2.5%
	Independents					350,898	0.6%	0.2%
	American Independent					74,765	0.1%
	Conservative	0	1		1	0.2%	74,531	0.1%
	Libertarian					64,310	0.1%
	U.S. Labor					45,866	0.1%
	Liberal					44,807	0.1%
	Peace and Freedom					39,017	0.1%	0.1%
	American					34,110	0.1%	0.1%
	Socialist Workers					19,530	<0.1%
	Prohibition					9,992	<0.1%
	Communist					9,261	<0.1%
	La Raza Unida					7,185	<0.1%
	Liberty Union					6,505	<0.1%
	Peoples Independent Coalition					5,396	<0.1%
	Workers					2,709	<0.1%
	Socialist Labor					2,434	<0.1%
	Aloha Democratic					2,095	<0.1%
	Betsy Ross					1,629	<0.1%
	Socialist					978	<0.1%
	United Labor					712	<0.1%
	Others					5,305	<0.1%	0.3%
Total		435	435	0	100.0%	54,583,922	100.0%	-

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Special elections

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Ed Koch		Democratic	1968		Incumbent resigned December 31, 1977 to become Mayor of New York City. New member elected February 14, 1978. Winner was subsequently re-elected in November. Republican gain.	nowrap
	Herman Badillo		Democratic	1970		Incumbent resigned December 31, 1977 to become deputy mayor of New York City. New member elected February 14, 1978. Democratic hold.	nowrap

Alabama

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Jack Edwards	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William L. Dickinson	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bill Nichols	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom Bevill	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ronnie Flippo	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John H. Buchanan Jr.	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Walter Flowers	Democratic	1968		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap

Alaska

See main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska.

Arizona

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
John Jacob Rhodes	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Mo Udall	Democratic	1961	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bob Stump	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Eldon Rudd	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Arkansas

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Bill Alexander	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jim Guy Tucker	Democratic	1976		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
John Paul Hammerschmidt	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ray Thornton	Democratic	1972		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap

California

See main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Bizz Johnson	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Don Clausen	Republican	1963	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John E. Moss	Democratic	1952		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Robert Leggett	Democratic	1962		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
John Burton	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Phillip Burton	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George Miller	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ron Dellums	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Pete Stark	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Don Edwards	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Leo Ryan	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected, Following the election, Ryan was murdered while investigating the Peoples Temple in Guyana	nowrap
Pete McCloskey	Republican	1967	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Norman Mineta	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John J. McFall	Democratic	1956		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
B. F. Sisk	Democratic	1954		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Leon Panetta	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Hans Krebs	Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Vacant			William M. Ketchum (Republican) died June 24, 1978 Republican hold.	nowrap
Robert Lagomarsino	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Barry Goldwater Jr.	Republican	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James C. Corman	Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Carlos Moorhead	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Anthony Beilenson	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Henry Waxman	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edward R. Roybal	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John H. Rousselot	Republican	1960 1962 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bob Dornan	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic	1972		Incumbent retired to run for Attorney General of California. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Augustus Hawkins	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George E. Danielson	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles H. Wilson	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Glenn M. Anderson	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Del M. Clawson	Republican	1963		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap
Mark W. Hannaford	Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
James F. Lloyd	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George Brown Jr.	Democratic	1962 1970 1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Shirley Neil Pettis	Republican	1975		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap
Jerry M. Patterson	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles E. Wiggins	Republican	1966		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap
Robert Badham	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bob Wilson	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lionel Van Deerlin	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clair Burgener	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Colorado

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Pat Schroeder	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tim Wirth	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frank Evans	Democratic	1964		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
James Paul Johnson	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William L. Armstrong	Republican	1972		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap

Connecticut

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
William R. Cotter	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Chris Dodd	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert Giaimo	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Stewart McKinney	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ronald A. Sarasin	Republican	1972		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Connecticut. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Toby Moffett	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Delaware

Florida

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Bob Sikes	Democratic	1940 1944 1974		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Don Fuqua	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles E. Bennett	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bill Chappell	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard Kelly	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bill Young	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Sam Gibbons	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Andy Ireland	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Louis Frey Jr.	Republican	1968		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Florida. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Skip Bafalis	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul Rogers	Democratic	1954		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
J. Herbert Burke	Republican	1966		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap
William Lehman	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Claude Pepper	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dante Fascell	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Georgia

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Bo Ginn	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dawson Mathis	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jack Brinkley	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Elliott H. Levitas	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Wyche Fowler	Democratic	1977	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Flynt	Democratic	1954		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Larry McDonald	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Billy Lee Evans	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ed Jenkins	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Doug Barnard Jr.	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Hawaii

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Cecil Heftel		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Daniel Akaka		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Idaho

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Steve Symms		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	George V. Hansen		Republican	1964 1968 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Illinois

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Ralph Metcalfe	Democratic	1970		Incumbent died. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Morgan F. Murphy	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Marty Russo	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ed Derwinski	Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John G. Fary	Democratic	1975	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Henry Hyde	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Cardiss Collins	Democratic	1973	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dan Rostenkowski	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	1948 1962 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Abner Mikva	Democratic	1968 1972 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frank Annunzio	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Phil Crane	Republican	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert McClory	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John N. Erlenborn	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom Corcoran	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John B. Anderson	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George M. O'Brien	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert H. Michel	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom Railsback	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul Findley	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ed Madigan	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
George E. Shipley	Democratic	1958		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Melvin Price	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul Simon	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Indiana

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Adam Benjamin Jr.	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Floyd Fithian	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Brademas	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dan Quayle	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Elwood Hillis	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
David W. Evans	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John T. Myers	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
David L. Cornwell	Democratic	1976		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Lee H. Hamilton	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Philip Sharp	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Andrew Jacobs Jr.	Democratic	1964 1972 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Iowa

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Jim Leach	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Mike Blouin	Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Chuck Grassley	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Neal Smith	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom Harkin	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Berkley Bedell	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Kansas

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Keith Sebelius	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Martha Keys	Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Larry Winn	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dan Glickman	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joe Skubitz	Republican	1962		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap

Kentucky

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Carroll Hubbard	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William Natcher	Democratic	1953	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Romano Mazzoli	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gene Snyder	Republican	1962 1964 1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tim Lee Carter	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John B. Breckinridge	Democratic	1972		Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Carl D. Perkins	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Louisiana

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Bob Livingston	Republican	1977	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lindy Boggs	Democratic	1973	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dave Treen	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joe Waggonner	Democratic	1961		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Jerry Huckaby	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Henson Moore	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Breaux	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gillis William Long	Democratic	1962 1964 1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Maine

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	David F. Emery		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	William Cohen		Republican	1972		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap

Maryland

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Robert Bauman	Republican	1973	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clarence Long	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Marjorie Holt	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gladys Spellman	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Goodloe Byron	Democratic	1970		Incumbent died. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Parren Mitchell	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Newton Steers	Republican	1976		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap

Massachusetts

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Silvio O. Conte	Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edward Boland	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph D. Early	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert Drinan	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Paul Tsongas	Democratic	1974		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Michael J. Harrington	Democratic	1969		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Ed Markey	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tip O'Neill	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joe Moakley	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Margaret Heckler	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James A. Burke	Democratic	1958		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Gerry Studds	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Michigan

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
John Conyers Jr.	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Carl Pursell	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Garry E. Brown	Republican	1966		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap
David Stockman	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold S. Sawyer	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Milton Robert Carr	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dale E. Kildee	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. Bob Traxler	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Guy Vander Jagt	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Elford Albin Cederberg	Republican	1952		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Philip Ruppe	Republican	1966		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap
David Bonior	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles Diggs	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lucien Nedzi	Democratic	1961	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William D. Ford	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John D. Dingell Jr.	Democratic	1955	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William M. Brodhead	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James J. Blanchard	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William Broomfield	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Minnesota

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Al Quie	Republican	1958		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Minnesota. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap
Tom Hagedorn	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bill Frenzel	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bruce Vento	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Donald M. Fraser	Democratic	1962		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Rick Nolan	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Arlan Stangeland	Republican	1977	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jim Oberstar	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Mississippi

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Jamie Whitten	Democratic	1941	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
David R. Bowen	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Sonny Montgomery	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thad Cochran	Republican	1972		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap
Trent Lott	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Missouri

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Bill Clay	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert A. Young	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dick Gephardt	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ike Skelton	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard Bolling	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom Coleman	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gene Taylor	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard Howard Ichord Jr.	Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold Volkmer	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bill Burlison	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Montana

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Max Baucus		Democratic	1974		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
	Ron Marlenee		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Nebraska

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Charles Thone	Republican	1970		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Nebraska. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap
John Joseph Cavanaugh III	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Virginia D. Smith	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Nevada

See main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada.

New Hampshire

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Norman D'Amours		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	James Colgate Cleveland		Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

New Jersey

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
James Florio	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William J. Hughes	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James J. Howard	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Frank Thompson	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Millicent Fenwick	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edwin B. Forsythe	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Andrew Maguire	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert A. Roe	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold C. Hollenbeck	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Peter W. Rodino	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph Minish	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Matthew John Rinaldo	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Helen Stevenson Meyner	Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Joseph A. LeFante	Democratic	1976		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Edward J. Patten	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

New Mexico

See main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Manuel Lujan Jr.		Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Harold L. Runnels		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

New York

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Otis G. Pike	Democratic	1960		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Conservative gain.	nowrap
Thomas J. Downey	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jerome Ambro	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Norman F. Lent	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John W. Wydler	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lester L. Wolff	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph P. Addabbo	Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James J. Delaney	Democratic	1944 1946 1948		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Mario Biaggi	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James H. Scheuer	Democratic	1964 1972 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Shirley Chisholm	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Stephen J. Solarz	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Fred Richmond	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Leo C. Zeferetti	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Elizabeth Holtzman	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John M. Murphy	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bill Green	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles B. Rangel	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Theodore S. Weiss	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert García	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jonathan Brewster Bingham	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bruce F. Caputo	Republican	1976		Incumbent retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of New York. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Richard Ottinger	Democratic	1964 1970 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Hamilton Fish IV	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Benjamin A. Gilman	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Matthew F. McHugh	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Samuel S. Stratton	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Edward W. Pattison	Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Robert C. McEwen	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Donald J. Mitchell	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James M. Hanley	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William F. Walsh	Republican	1972		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	nowrap
Frank Horton	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Barber Conable	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John J. LaFalce	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Henry J. Nowak	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jack Kemp	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Stan Lundine	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

North Carolina

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Walter B. Jones Sr.	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lawrence H. Fountain	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles Orville Whitley	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ike Franklin Andrews	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Stephen L. Neal	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
L. Richardson Preyer	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charlie Rose	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bill Hefner	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James G. Martin	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jim Broyhill	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
V. Lamar Gudger	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

North Dakota

Ohio

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Bill Gradison	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom Luken	Democratic	1974 1974 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles W. Whalen Jr.	Republican	1966		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap
Tennyson Guyer	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Del Latta	Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bill Harsha	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Republican	1965	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom Kindness	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Thomas L. Ashley	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clarence E. Miller	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. William Stanton	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Samuel L. Devine	Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Donald J. Pease	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John F. Seiberling	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Chalmers Wylie	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ralph Regula	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John M. Ashbrook	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Douglas Applegate	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles J. Carney	Democratic	1970		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Mary Rose Oakar	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Louis Stokes	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles Vanik	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ronald M. Mottl	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Oklahoma

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
James R. Jones	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ted Risenhoover	Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Wes Watkins	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom Steed	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Mickey Edwards	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Glenn English	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Oregon

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Les AuCoin	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Al Ullman	Democratic	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert B. Duncan	Democratic	1962 1966 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jim Weaver	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Pennsylvania

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Michael Myers	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert N. C. Nix Sr.	Democratic	1958		Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Raymond Lederer	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joshua Eilberg	Democratic	1966		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Richard T. Schulze	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gus Yatron	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert W. Edgar	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Peter H. Kostmayer	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bud Shuster	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph M. McDade	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dan Flood	Democratic	1944 1946 1948 1952 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Murtha	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lawrence Coughlin	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William S. Moorhead	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Fred B. Rooney	Democratic	1963		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Robert Smith Walker	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Allen E. Ertel	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Doug Walgren	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William F. Goodling	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph M. Gaydos	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John H. Dent	Democratic	1958		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Austin Murphy	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph S. Ammerman	Democratic	1976		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Marc L. Marks	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Gary A. Myers	Republican	1974		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap

Rhode Island

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Fernand St. Germain		Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	Edward Beard		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

South Carolina

See main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Mendel Jackson Davis	Democratic	1971	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Floyd Spence	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Butler Derrick	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James Mann	Democratic	1968		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Kenneth Lamar Holland	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Jenrette	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

South Dakota

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	Larry Pressler		Republican	1974		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap
	James Abdnor		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Tennessee

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Jimmy Quillen	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Duncan Sr.	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Marilyn Lloyd	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Al Gore	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Clifford Allen	Democratic	1975		Incumbent died. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Robin Beard	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ed Jones	Democratic	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harold Ford Sr.	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Texas

See main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas.

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Sam B. Hall Jr.	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Charles Wilson	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
James M. Collins	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Ray Roberts	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jim Mattox	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Olin E. Teague	Democratic	1946		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Bill Archer	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert C. Eckhardt	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jack Brooks	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. J. Pickle	Democratic	1963	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William R. Poage	Democratic	1936		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Jim Wright	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Jack Hightower	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John Andrew Young	Democratic	1956		Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Kika de la Garza	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Richard Crawford White	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Omar Burleson	Democratic	1946		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Barbara Jordan	Democratic	1972		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
George H. Mahon	Democratic	1934		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Henry B. González	Democratic	1961	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Bob Krueger	Democratic	1974		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Robert Gammage	Democratic	1976		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	nowrap
Abraham Kazen	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dale Milford	Democratic	1972		Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap

Utah

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
	K. Gunn McKay		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
	David Daniel Marriott		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Vermont

Virginia

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Paul Trible	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
G. William Whitehurst	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
David E. Satterfield III	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Robert Daniel	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Dan Daniel	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
M. Caldwell Butler	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
J. Kenneth Robinson	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Herbert Harris	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
William C. Wampler	Republican	1952 1954 1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Joseph L. Fisher	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Washington

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Joel Pritchard	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Lloyd Meeds	Democratic	1964		Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	nowrap
Don Bonker	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Mike McCormack	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Tom Foley	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Norm Dicks	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John E. Cunningham	Republican	1977		Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	nowrap

West Virginia

Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Bob Mollohan	Democratic	1952 1956 1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Harley Orrin Staggers	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
John M. Slack Jr.	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap
Nick Rahall	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap

Wisconsin