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1978-11-07 Senatorial Election Results for Maine (Class 2)


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County Turnout William Cohen
(R)
William Hathaway*
(D)
Hayes Gahagan
(I)
John Jannace
(I)
Other Margin TOTAL
Androscoggin53%16,45747.3%14,45441.6%3,1169.0%5321.5%2080.6%2,003 34,767
Aroostook41%13,00553.0%9,69039.5%1,6296.6%1800.7%490.2%3,315 24,553
Cumberland53%42,88355.7%26,89434.9%5,6847.4%1,2691.6%3010.4%15,989 77,031
Franklin48%5,24462.5%2,21326.4%8019.5%1011.2%310.4%3,031 8,390
Hancock57%10,83068.4%3,87124.4%8985.7%1981.2%440.3%6,959 15,841
Kennebec52%21,28256.5%12,21432.4%3,5879.5%4761.3%1280.3%9,068 37,687
Knox51%7,23963.8%3,04026.8%8667.6%1661.5%310.3%4,199 11,342
Lincoln63%7,13467.0%2,41322.7%8968.4%1461.4%570.5%4,721 10,646
Oxford52%9,46456.8%4,74628.5%1,92411.6%4262.6%920.6%4,718 16,652
Penobscot48%25,85858.1%15,79735.5%2,1014.7%6321.4%1000.2%10,061 44,488
Piscataquis53%3,88162.7%1,76128.5%4296.9%901.5%240.4%2,120 6,185
Sagadahoc49%4,72752.9%3,03033.9%96310.8%1912.1%320.4%1,697 8,943
Somerset51%8,74859.7%4,57231.2%1,0677.3%2131.5%500.3%4,176 14,650
Waldo48%5,43063.3%2,48729.0%4885.7%1321.5%370.4%2,943 8,574
Washington46%6,34160.7%3,40032.6%5405.2%1281.2%310.3%2,941 10,440
York50%23,77152.9%16,74537.3%2,8356.3%6731.5%9012.0%7,026 44,925
TOTAL 53% 212,29456.6% 127,32733.9% 27,8247.4% 5,5531.5% 2,1740.6% 84,967 375,172
Total R vote: 212,294 (56.6%)      Total D vote: 127,327 (33.9%)      Total Other vote: 35,551 (9.5%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $648,739 $423,027 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $0 $0 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/ME/1978


Other candidates included: Plato Truman (I), 2,116 votes



1978 Senate class 2, Androscoggin County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 16,457 47.3%
William Hathaway* (D) 14,454 41.6%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 3,116 9.0%
John Jannace (I) 532 1.5%
Plato Truman (I) 208 0.6%
TOTAL 34,767
Turnout: 53%


1978 Senate class 2, Aroostook County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 13,005 53.0%
William Hathaway* (D) 9,690 39.5%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 1,629 6.6%
John Jannace (I) 180 0.7%
Plato Truman (I) 49 0.2%
TOTAL 24,553
Turnout: 41%


1978 Senate class 2, Cumberland County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 42,883 55.7%
William Hathaway* (D) 26,894 34.9%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 5,684 7.4%
John Jannace (I) 1,269 1.6%
Plato Truman (I) 301 0.4%
TOTAL 77,031
Turnout: 53%


1978 Senate class 2, Franklin County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 5,244 62.5%
William Hathaway* (D) 2,213 26.4%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 801 9.5%
John Jannace (I) 101 1.2%
Plato Truman (I) 31 0.4%
TOTAL 8,390
Turnout: 48%


1978 Senate class 2, Hancock County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 10,830 68.4%
William Hathaway* (D) 3,871 24.4%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 898 5.7%
John Jannace (I) 198 1.2%
Plato Truman (I) 44 0.3%
TOTAL 15,841
Turnout: 57%


1978 Senate class 2, Kennebec County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 21,282 56.5%
William Hathaway* (D) 12,214 32.4%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 3,587 9.5%
John Jannace (I) 476 1.3%
Plato Truman (I) 128 0.3%
TOTAL 37,687
Turnout: 52%


1978 Senate class 2, Knox County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 7,239 63.8%
William Hathaway* (D) 3,040 26.8%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 866 7.6%
John Jannace (I) 166 1.5%
Plato Truman (I) 31 0.3%
TOTAL 11,342
Turnout: 51%


1978 Senate class 2, Lincoln County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 7,134 67.0%
William Hathaway* (D) 2,413 22.7%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 896 8.4%
John Jannace (I) 146 1.4%
Plato Truman (I) 57 0.5%
TOTAL 10,646
Turnout: 63%


1978 Senate class 2, Oxford County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 9,464 56.8%
William Hathaway* (D) 4,746 28.5%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 1,924 11.6%
John Jannace (I) 426 2.6%
Plato Truman (I) 92 0.6%
TOTAL 16,652
Turnout: 52%


1978 Senate class 2, Penobscot County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 25,858 58.1%
William Hathaway* (D) 15,797 35.5%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 2,101 4.7%
John Jannace (I) 632 1.4%
Plato Truman (I) 100 0.2%
TOTAL 44,488
Turnout: 48%


1978 Senate class 2, Piscataquis County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 3,881 62.7%
William Hathaway* (D) 1,761 28.5%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 429 6.9%
John Jannace (I) 90 1.5%
Plato Truman (I) 24 0.4%
TOTAL 6,185
Turnout: 53%


1978 Senate class 2, Sagadahoc County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 4,727 52.9%
William Hathaway* (D) 3,030 33.9%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 963 10.8%
John Jannace (I) 191 2.1%
Plato Truman (I) 32 0.4%
TOTAL 8,943
Turnout: 49%


1978 Senate class 2, Somerset County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 8,748 59.7%
William Hathaway* (D) 4,572 31.2%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 1,067 7.3%
John Jannace (I) 213 1.5%
Plato Truman (I) 50 0.3%
TOTAL 14,650
Turnout: 51%


1978 Senate class 2, Waldo County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 5,430 63.3%
William Hathaway* (D) 2,487 29.0%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 488 5.7%
John Jannace (I) 132 1.5%
Plato Truman (I) 37 0.4%
TOTAL 8,574
Turnout: 48%


1978 Senate class 2, Washington County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 6,341 60.7%
William Hathaway* (D) 3,400 32.6%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 540 5.2%
John Jannace (I) 128 1.2%
Plato Truman (I) 31 0.3%
TOTAL 10,440
Turnout: 46%


1978 Senate class 2, York County
CandidateVotesPct
William Cohen (R) 23,771 52.9%
William Hathaway* (D) 16,745 37.3%
Hayes Gahagan (I) 2,835 6.3%
John Jannace (I) 673 1.5%
Plato Truman (I) 901 2.0%
TOTAL 44,925
Turnout: 50%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

William Cohen
Total Disbursements: $648,739

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/ME/1978

William Hathaway*
Total Disbursements: $423,027

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Democrat primary