1978 United States Senate election in Minnesota

none the Class II general election to the United States Senate the simultaneous special Class I election to complete Hubert Humphrey's unexpired term 1978 United States Senate special election in Minnesota March 2026 September 2017 1978 United States Senate election in Minnesota Minnesota 1957 presidential no 1972 United States Senate election in Minnesota 1972 1984 United States Senate election in Minnesota 1984 November 7, 1978 Rudy Boschwitz.jpg Rudy Boschwitz Independent-Republican Party 894,092 56.57% Wendell Anderson (D-MN) (cropped).jpg Wendell Anderson Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party 638,375 40.39% 1978 United States Senate election in Minnesota results map by county.svg 280px County results Boschwitz: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Anderson: #a5b0ff 40–50% U.S. Senator Wendell Anderson Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Rudy Boschwitz Independent-Republican Party The 1978 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Wendell Anderson was defeated by Republican challenger Rudy Boschwitz. Boschwitz's landslide victory over Anderson was part of a Republican sweep of the top of the ticket in the state's elections for both U.S. Senate seats and the race for Governor which has been dubbed the "Minnesota Massacre". Background In 1976, U.S. Senator Walter Mondale was elected Vice President of the United States as the running mate of Georgia governor Jimmy Carter and resigned from his current term, which was set to expire in 1979. To fill the vacancy created by Mondale's resignation, Governor Wendell Anderson resigned from office himself and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Rudy Perpich, who appointed Anderson to complete the remainder of Mondale's term in office. In January 1978, Minnesota's other Senator, former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, died in office. Rudy Perpich appointed his widow, Muriel Humphrey, to complete his turn in office. Thus, the incumbent Governor and both Senators were all members of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and none had been elected to their current office. (Republicans took advantage of this, putting up billboards that read, "The DFL is going to face something scary — an election".) Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary Candidates Daryl W. Anderson Wendell Anderson, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1976 Dick Bullock John S. Connolly, lawyer Emil L. Moses Lloyd M. Roberts Results Democratic primary election resultshttps://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sessions/electionresults/1978-09-12-p-sec.pdf Minnesota Election Results 1978 (Primary Election) Minnesota Secretary of State October 21, 2017 Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Wendell Anderson (incumbent) 286,209 56.9% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party John S. Connolly 159,974 31.8% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Daryl W. Anderson 23,159 4.6% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Lloyd M. Roberts 12,709 2.5% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Dick Bullock 11,485 2.3% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Emil L. Moses 9,580 1.9% 503,116 100.0% Independent-Republican primary Candidates Rudy Boschwitz, businessman Harold Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota (1939-1943) Results Republican primary election results Independent-Republican Party Rudy Boschwitz 185,393 86.8% Independent-Republican Party Harold Stassen 28,170 13.2% 213,563 100.0% American Party primary Candidates Sal Carlone Results American Party primary election results American Party (1969) Sal Carlone 4,085 100.0% 4,085 100.0% General election Results The results in Minnesota marked the first time the Republicans had held all three offices since Joseph H. Ball left the Senate in January 1949 after being defeated for re-election. Additionally, this election and the special election both marked the first time since 1958 that both Senate seats in a state flipped from one party to the other in a single election cycle. General election resultshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5315 Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1978 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives U.S. Government Printing Office 1979 Independent-Republican Party Rudy Boschwitz 894,092 56.57% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Wendell Anderson (incumbent) 638,375 40.39% American Party (1969) Sal Carlone 23,261 1.47% Socialist Workers Party (United States) William Peterson 9,856 0.62% Independent (United States) Brian J. Coyle 8,083 0.51% Workers League Party (United States) Jean T. Brust 3,891 0.25% Libertarian Party (United States) Leonard J. Richards 2,992 0.19% Others Write-ins 72 0.01% 1,580,622 100.00% 255,717 16.18% 1,580,622 62.95% Independent-Republicans of Minnesota Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 15% See also 1978 United States Senate elections References Category:1978 Minnesota elections Minnesota 1978