1978 United States Senate election in Kansas

none May 2020 March 2026 September 2023 1978 United States Senate election in Kansas Kansas presidential no 1972 United States Senate election in Kansas 1972 1984 United States Senate election in Kansas 1984 November 7, 1978 x140px File:Nancy Kassebaum.jpg Nancy Kassebaum Republican Party (United States) 403,354 53.86% File:William R. Roy.jpg William R. Roy Democratic Party (United States) 317,602 42.41% 1978 United States Senate election in Kansas results map by county.svg 270px County results Kassebaum: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Roy: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% U.S. Senator James B. Pearson Republican Party (United States) Nancy Kassebaum Republican Party (United States) The 1978 United States Senate election in Kansas took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Republican Senator James B. Pearson did not run for re-election to a third full term. Nancy Landon Kassebaum, the daughter of former Governor Alf Landon, won the election, defeating a large field of Republican candidates in the primary and Democratic former U.S. Representative William R. Roy in the general election. Roy lost by a much smaller margin four years earlier against Kansas' other U.S. Senator, Bob Dole. Kassebaum became the first woman elected to a full term in the Senate without her husband having previously served in Congress. In fact, at the time of the election, she was separated from her husband John Philip Kassebaum. Their divorce was finalized in 1979, making Kassebaum the first single divorcée to serve in the U.S. Senate. Republican primary Candidates Wayne Angell, former State Representative from Ottawa L. C. Fitzjarrell, resident of Stilwell Norman Gaar, State Senator from Westwood Bill Gibbs, resident of Overland Park Sam Hardage, hotel executive from Wichita, Kansas Ken Henderson Nancy Landon Kassebaum, aide to retiring Senator Pearson and daughter of Alf Landon Jan Meyers, State Senator from Overland Park Deryl K. Schuster, resident of Shawnee Results 1978 Republican Senate primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=225335 Our Campaigns - KS US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 01, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Nancy Landon Kassebaum 67,324 30.58% Republican Party (United States) Wayne Angell 54,161 24.60% Republican Party (United States) Sam Hardage 30,248 13.74% Republican Party (United States) Jan Meyers 20,933 9.51% Republican Party (United States) Deryl K. Schuster 18,568 8.44% Republican Party (United States) Norman Gaar 14,502 6.59% Republican Party (United States) Ken Henderson 8,826 4.01% Republican Party (United States) Bill Gibbs 3,123 1.42% Republican Party (United States) L. C. Fitzjarrell 2,457 1.12% 220,142 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates James R. Maher, resident of Overland Park Roland Preboth, nominee for Secretary of State in 1964 Bill Roy, former U.S. Representative and nominee for Senate in 1974 Dorothy K. White, resident of Wichita Results 1978 Democratic Senate primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=269377 Our Campaigns - KS US Senate - D Primary Race - Aug 01, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Bill Roy 100,508 76.68% Democratic Party (United States) Dorothy K. White 13,865 10.58% Democratic Party (United States) James R. Maher 11,556 8.82% Democratic Party (United States) Roland W. Preboth 5,138 3.92% 131,067 100.00% Though he was defeated in the Democratic primary, James Maher ran in the general election as the nominee of the Conservative Party. General election Results General election resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5317 Our Campaigns - IA 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 Republican Party (United States) Nancy Kassebaum 403,354 53.86% 17.56 Democratic Party (United States) Bill Roy 317,602 42.41% 19.38 Conservative James R. Maher 22,497 3.00% 1.07 Prohibition Party (United States) Russell Mikels 5,386 0.72% 0.76 748,839 100.00% See also 1978 United States Senate elections References 1978 Kansas United States Senate