United States Senate election in Texas, 1978

1972 ←

November 7, 1978

→ 1984



Nominee	John G. Tower	Bob Krueger
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,151,376	2,202,557
Percentage	49.8%	41.5%

U.S. Senator before election

John G. Tower
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John G. Tower
Republican

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The 1978 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John G. Tower won re-election to a fourth term.

1 Major candidates
- 1.1 Democratic
- 1.2 Republican
2 Results
3 References

Major candidates

Democratic

Bob Krueger, U.S. Congressman of Texas' 21st congressional district since 1975

Republican

John G. Tower, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1961

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Tower	1,151,376	49.8
	Democratic	Bob Krueger	1,139,149	49.3

References

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