Battle of Honey Springs

The 1978 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic Senator Floyd Haskell ran for re-election to a second term, but was soundly defeated by Republican U.S. Representative William L. Armstrong.

Republican primary

Candidates

William L. Armstrong, U.S. Representative from Littleton
Jack Swigert, astronaut

Results

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William L. Armstrong	109,021	73.45%
	Republican	Jack Swigert	39,415	26.55%
Total votes			148,436	100.00%

General election

Results

General election results^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William L. Armstrong	480,801	58.69%	10.52
	Democratic	Floyd Haskell (incumbent)	330,148	40.30%	9.11
	Independent	Veeder V. Dorn	5,789	0.71%	N/A
	Prohibition	John Shue	2,518	0.31%	N/A
Total votes			819,256	100.00%

References

^ "Our Campaigns - CO US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 14, 1978".
^ "Our Campaigns - CO US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1978".
^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1979). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

[1] "Our Campaigns - CO US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 14, 1978".

[2] "Our Campaigns - CO US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1978".

[3] 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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Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Results

See also

References