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1978 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 96th U.S. Congress

Field	Value
election_name	1978 United States House of Representatives elections
country	United States
flag_year	1960
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1976 United States House of Representatives elections
previous_year	1976
election_date	November 7, 1978
next_election	1980 United States House of Representatives elections
next_year	1980
outgoing_members	95th United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
elected_members	96th United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
seats_for_election	All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
majority_seats	218
image_size	160x180px
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
image1	File:Tip O'Neill 1978 (retouched).jpg
leader1	Tip O'Neill
leader_since1	January 4, 1977
leaders_seat1	Massachusetts 8th
last_election1	292 seats
seats1	277
seat_change1	15
popular_vote1	29,317,777
percentage1	53.7%
swing1	2.2
party2	Republican Party (United States)
image2	John Jacob Rhodes (cropped).jpg
leader2	John Rhodes
leader_since2	December 7, 1973
leaders_seat2
last_election2	143 seats
seats2	157
seat_change2	14
popular_vote2	24,464,665
percentage2	44.8%
swing2	2.5
party4	Conservative Party of New York State
last_election4	0 seats
seats4	1
seat_change4	1
popular_vote4	74,531
percentage4	0.1%
swing4
map_image	1978 House Elections.png
map_size	320px
map_caption	Results:

title	Speaker
before_election	Tip O'Neill
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Tip O'Neill
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1978 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 7, 1978, to elect members to serve in the 96th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of Democratic President Jimmy Carter's term, amidst an energy crisis and rapid inflation. The Democratic Party lost a net of 15 seats to the Republican Party, and thus lost their two-thirds supermajority, but still maintained a large 277-seat majority.

, this was the last midterm election where the Democrats managed to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives under a Democratic president, the last midterm election in which a registered third party member was elected, and the last time overall in which any party won at least 270 House seats.

Overall results

382 incumbent members sought reelection, but 5 were defeated in primaries and 19 defeated in the general election for a total of 358 incumbents winning.

Democratic	C	Republican

Parties	Seats	Popular vote	[Previous
election](1976-united-states-house-of-representatives-elections)	This
election	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change	Total	435	435	0	100.0%	54,583,922	100.0%	-
	Democratic		292		277	15		63.7%		29,317,222		53.7%	2.2%
	Republican	143	157		14	36.1%	24,464,665	44.8%		2.5%
	Independents					350,898	0.6%	0.2%
	American Independent					74,765	0.1%
	Conservative	0	1		1	0.2%	74,531	0.1%
	Libertarian					64,310	0.1%
	U.S. Labor					45,866	0.1%
	Liberal					44,807	0.1%
	Peace and Freedom					39,017	0.1%	0.1%
	American					34,110	0.1%	0.1%
	Socialist Workers					19,530
	Prohibition					9,992
	Communist					9,261
	La Raza Unida					7,185
	Liberty Union					6,505
	Peoples Independent Coalition					5,396
	Workers					2,709
	Socialist Labor					2,434
	Aloha Democratic					2,095
	Betsy Ross					1,629
	Socialist					978
	United Labor					712
	Others					5,305		0.3%

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

House seats by party holding plurality in state

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Special elections

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Ed Koch		Democratic	1968	Incumbent resigned December 31, 1977 to become Mayor of New York City.
New member elected February 14, 1978.
Winner was subsequently re-elected in November.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Herman Badillo		Democratic	1970	Incumbent resigned December 31, 1977 to become deputy mayor of New York City.
New member elected February 14, 1978.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Alabama

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Jack Edwards		Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William L. Dickinson		Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bill Nichols		Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tom Bevill		Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ronnie Flippo		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John H. Buchanan Jr.		Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Walter Flowers		Democratic	1968		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Alaska

Main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Don Young		Republican	1973	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Arizona

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	John Jacob Rhodes		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Mo Udall		Democratic	1961 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bob Stump		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Eldon Rudd		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Arkansas

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Bill Alexander		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jim Guy Tucker		Democratic	1976		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Paul Hammerschmidt		Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ray Thornton		Democratic	1972		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

California

Main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Bizz Johnson		Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Don Clausen		Republican	1963	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John E. Moss		Democratic	1952		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert Leggett		Democratic	1962		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Burton		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Phillip Burton		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	George Miller		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ron Dellums		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Pete Stark		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Don Edwards		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Leo Ryan		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected, Following the election, Ryan was murdered while investigating the Peoples Temple in Guyana	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Pete McCloskey		Republican	1967	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Norman Mineta		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John J. McFall		Democratic	1956		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	B. F. Sisk		Democratic	1954		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Leon Panetta		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Hans Krebs		Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Vacant		William M. Ketchum (Republican) died June 24, 1978
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert Lagomarsino		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Barry Goldwater Jr.		Republican	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James C. Corman		Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Carlos Moorhead		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Anthony Beilenson		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Henry Waxman		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Edward R. Roybal		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John H. Rousselot		Republican	1960
1962 (defeated)
1970 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bob Dornan		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke		Democratic	1972		Incumbent retired to run for Attorney General of California.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Augustus Hawkins		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	George E. Danielson		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charles H. Wilson		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Glenn M. Anderson		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Del M. Clawson		Republican	1963		Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Mark W. Hannaford		Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James F. Lloyd		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	George Brown Jr.		Democratic	1962
1970 (Retired)
1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Shirley Neil Pettis		Republican	1975		Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jerry M. Patterson		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charles E. Wiggins		Republican	1966		Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert Badham		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bob Wilson		Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Lionel Van Deerlin		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Clair Burgener		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Colorado

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Pat Schroeder		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tim Wirth		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Frank Evans		Democratic	1964		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James Paul Johnson		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William L. Armstrong		Republican	1972		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Connecticut

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	William R. Cotter		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Chris Dodd		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert Giaimo		Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Stewart McKinney		Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ronald A. Sarasin		Republican	1972		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Connecticut.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Toby Moffett		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Delaware

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Thomas B. Evans Jr.		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Florida

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Bob Sikes		Democratic	1940
1944 (resigned)
1944		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Don Fuqua		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charles E. Bennett		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bill Chappell		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Richard Kelly		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bill Young		Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Sam Gibbons		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Andy Ireland		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Louis Frey Jr.		Republican	1968		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Florida.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Skip Bafalis		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Paul Rogers		Democratic	1954		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	J. Herbert Burke		Republican	1966		Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William Lehman		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Claude Pepper		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dante Fascell		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Georgia

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Bo Ginn		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dawson Mathis		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jack Brinkley		Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Elliott H. Levitas		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Wyche Fowler		Democratic	1977 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Flynt		Democratic	1954		Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Larry McDonald		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Billy Lee Evans		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ed Jenkins		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Doug Barnard Jr.		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Hawaii

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Cecil Heftel		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Daniel Akaka		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Idaho

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Steve Symms		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	George V. Hansen		Republican	1964
1968 (retired)
1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Illinois

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Ralph Metcalfe		Democratic	1970		Incumbent died.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Morgan F. Murphy		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Marty Russo		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ed Derwinski		Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John G. Fary		Democratic	1975	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Henry Hyde		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Cardiss Collins		Democratic	1973	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dan Rostenkowski		Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Sidney R. Yates		Democratic	1948
1962 (retired)
1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Abner Mikva		Democratic	1968
1972 (defeated)
1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Frank Annunzio		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Phil Crane		Republican	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert McClory		Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John N. Erlenborn		Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tom Corcoran		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John B. Anderson		Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	George M. O'Brien		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert H. Michel		Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tom Railsback		Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Paul Findley		Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ed Madigan		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	George E. Shipley		Democratic	1958		Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Melvin Price		Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Paul Simon		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Indiana

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Adam Benjamin Jr.		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Floyd Fithian		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Brademas		Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dan Quayle		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Elwood Hillis		Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	David W. Evans		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John T. Myers		Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	David L. Cornwell		Democratic	1976		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Lee H. Hamilton		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Philip Sharp		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Andrew Jacobs Jr.		Democratic	1964
1972 (defeated)
1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Iowa

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Jim Leach		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Mike Blouin		Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Chuck Grassley		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Neal Smith		Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tom Harkin		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Berkley Bedell		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Kansas

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Keith Sebelius		Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Martha Keys		Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Larry Winn		Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dan Glickman		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joe Skubitz		Republican	1962		Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Kentucky

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Carroll Hubbard		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William Natcher		Democratic	1953 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Romano Mazzoli		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Gene Snyder		Republican	1962
1964 (defeated)
1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tim Lee Carter		Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John B. Breckinridge		Democratic	1972		Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Carl D. Perkins		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Louisiana

The seven incumbents were all automatically re-elected when no opponents filed to run against them in the Sept. 16 jungle primary. They did not appear on the ballot.

Leach and Wilson were the top two finishers in the 4th District's jungle primary and advanced to the Nov. 7 general election.

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Bob Livingston		Republican	1977 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Lindy Boggs		Democratic	1973 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dave Treen		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joe Waggonner		Democratic	1961 (Special)		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jerry Huckaby		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Henson Moore		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Breaux		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Gillis William Long		Democratic	1962
1964 (lost renomination)
1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Maine

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	David F. Emery		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William Cohen		Republican	1972		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Maryland

Main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Robert Bauman		Republican	1973	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Clarence Long		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Barbara Mikulski		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Marjorie Holt		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Gladys Spellman		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Goodloe Byron		Democratic	1970		Incumbent died.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Parren Mitchell		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Newton Steers		Republican	1976		Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Massachusetts

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Silvio O. Conte		Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Edward Boland		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joseph D. Early		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert Drinan		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Paul Tsongas		Democratic	1974		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Michael J. Harrington		Democratic	1969		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ed Markey		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tip O'Neill		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joe Moakley		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Margaret Heckler		Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James A. Burke		Democratic	1958		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Gerry Studds		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Michigan

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	John Conyers Jr.		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Carl Pursell		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Garry E. Brown		Republican	1966		Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	David Stockman		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Harold S. Sawyer		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Milton Robert Carr		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dale E. Kildee		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	J. Bob Traxler		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Guy Vander Jagt		Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Elford Albin Cederberg		Republican	1952		Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Philip Ruppe		Republican	1966		Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	David Bonior		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charles Diggs		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Lucien Nedzi		Democratic	1961	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William D. Ford		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John D. Dingell Jr.		Democratic	1955 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William M. Brodhead		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James J. Blanchard		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William Broomfield		Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Minnesota

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Al Quie		Republican	1958		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Minnesota.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tom Hagedorn		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bill Frenzel		Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bruce Vento		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Donald M. Fraser		Democratic	1962		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Rick Nolan		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Arlan Stangeland		Republican	1977	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jim Oberstar		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Mississippi

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Jamie Whitten		Democratic	1941	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	David R. Bowen		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Sonny Montgomery		Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Thad Cochran		Republican	1972		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Trent Lott		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Missouri

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Bill Clay		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert A. Young		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dick Gephardt		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ike Skelton		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Richard Bolling		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tom Coleman		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Gene Taylor		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Richard Howard Ichord Jr.		Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Harold Volkmer		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bill Burlison		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Montana

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Max Baucus		Democratic	1974		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ron Marlenee		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Nebraska

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Charles Thone		Republican	1970		Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Nebraska.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Joseph Cavanaugh III		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Virginia D. Smith		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Nevada

Main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	James David Santini		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

New Hampshire

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Norman D'Amours		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James Colgate Cleveland		Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

New Jersey

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	James Florio		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William J. Hughes		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James J. Howard		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Frank Thompson		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Millicent Fenwick		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Edwin B. Forsythe		Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Andrew Maguire		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert A. Roe		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Harold C. Hollenbeck		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Peter W. Rodino		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joseph Minish		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Matthew John Rinaldo		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Helen Stevenson Meyner		Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joseph A. LeFante		Democratic	1976		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Edward J. Patten		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

New Mexico

Main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Manuel Lujan Jr.		Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Harold L. Runnels		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

New York

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Otis G. Pike		Democratic	1960		Incumbent retired.
Conservative gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Thomas J. Downey		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jerome Ambro		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Norman F. Lent		Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John W. Wydler		Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Lester L. Wolff		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joseph P. Addabbo		Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James J. Delaney		Democratic	1944
1946 (defeated)
1948		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Mario Biaggi		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James H. Scheuer		Democratic	1964
1972 (defeated)
1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Shirley Chisholm		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Stephen J. Solarz		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Fred Richmond		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Leo C. Zeferetti		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Elizabeth Holtzman		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John M. Murphy		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bill Green		Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charles B. Rangel		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Theodore S. Weiss		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert García		Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jonathan Brewster Bingham		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bruce F. Caputo		Republican	1976		Incumbent retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of New York.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Richard Ottinger		Democratic	1964
1970 (retired)
1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Hamilton Fish IV		Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Benjamin A. Gilman		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Matthew F. McHugh		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Samuel S. Stratton		Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Edward W. Pattison		Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert C. McEwen		Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Donald J. Mitchell		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James M. Hanley		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William F. Walsh		Republican	1972		Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Frank Horton		Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Barber Conable		Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John J. LaFalce		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Henry J. Nowak		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jack Kemp		Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Stan Lundine		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

North Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Walter B. Jones Sr.		Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Lawrence H. Fountain		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charles Orville Whitley		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ike Franklin Andrews		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Stephen L. Neal		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	L. Richardson Preyer		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charlie Rose		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bill Hefner		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James G. Martin		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jim Broyhill		Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	V. Lamar Gudger		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

North Dakota

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Mark Andrews		Republican	1963	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Ohio

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Bill Gradison		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tom Luken		Democratic	1974 (special)
1974 (defeated)
1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charles W. Whalen Jr.		Republican	1966		Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tennyson Guyer		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Del Latta		Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bill Harsha		Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bud Brown		Republican	1965	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tom Kindness		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Thomas L. Ashley		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Clarence E. Miller		Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	J. William Stanton		Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Samuel L. Devine		Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Donald J. Pease		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John F. Seiberling		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Chalmers Wylie		Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ralph Regula		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John M. Ashbrook		Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Douglas Applegate		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charles J. Carney		Democratic	1970		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Mary Rose Oakar		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Louis Stokes		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charles Vanik		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ronald M. Mottl		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Oklahoma

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	James R. Jones		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ted Risenhoover		Democratic	1974		Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Wes Watkins		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tom Steed		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Mickey Edwards		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Glenn English		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Oregon

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Les AuCoin		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Al Ullman		Democratic	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert B. Duncan		Democratic	1962
1966 (retired)
1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jim Weaver		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Pennsylvania

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Michael Myers		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert N. C. Nix Sr.		Democratic	1958		Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Raymond Lederer		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joshua Eilberg		Democratic	1966		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Richard T. Schulze		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Gus Yatron		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert W. Edgar		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Peter H. Kostmayer		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bud Shuster		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joseph M. McDade		Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dan Flood		Democratic	1944
1946 (defeated)
1948
1952 (defeated)
1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Murtha		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Lawrence Coughlin		Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William S. Moorhead		Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Fred B. Rooney		Democratic	1963		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert Smith Walker		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Allen E. Ertel		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Doug Walgren		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William F. Goodling		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joseph M. Gaydos		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John H. Dent		Democratic	1958		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Austin Murphy		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joseph S. Ammerman		Democratic	1976		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Marc L. Marks		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Gary A. Myers		Republican	1974		Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Rhode Island

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Fernand St. Germain		Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Edward Beard		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

South Carolina

Main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Mendel Jackson Davis		Democratic	1971	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Floyd Spence		Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Butler Derrick		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James Mann		Democratic	1968		Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Kenneth Lamar Holland		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Jenrette		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

South Dakota

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Larry Pressler		Republican	1974		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James Abdnor		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Tennessee

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Jimmy Quillen		Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Duncan Sr.		Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Marilyn Lloyd		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Al Gore		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Clifford Allen		Democratic	1975		Incumbent died.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robin Beard		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ed Jones		Democratic	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Harold Ford Sr.		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Texas

Main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Sam B. Hall Jr.		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Charles Wilson		Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	James M. Collins		Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Ray Roberts		Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jim Mattox		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Olin E. Teague		Democratic	1946		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bill Archer		Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert C. Eckhardt		Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jack Brooks		Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	J. J. Pickle		Democratic	1963	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William R. Poage		Democratic	1936		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jim Wright		Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Jack Hightower		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John Andrew Young		Democratic	1956		Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Kika de la Garza		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Richard Crawford White		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Omar Burleson		Democratic	1946		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Barbara Jordan		Democratic	1972		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	George H. Mahon		Democratic	1934		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Henry B. González		Democratic	1961	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Bob Krueger		Democratic	1974		Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert Gammage		Democratic	1976		Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Abraham Kazen		Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dale Milford		Democratic	1972		Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Utah

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	K. Gunn McKay		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	David Daniel Marriott		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Vermont

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Jim Jeffords		Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Virginia

Main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Paul Trible		Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	G. William Whitehurst		Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	David E. Satterfield III		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Robert Daniel		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Dan Daniel		Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	M. Caldwell Butler		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	J. Kenneth Robinson		Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Herbert Harris		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	William C. Wampler		Republican	1952
1954 (defeated)
1966	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Joseph L. Fisher		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Washington

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Joel Pritchard		Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Lloyd Meeds		Democratic	1964		Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Don Bonker		Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Mike McCormack		Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Tom Foley		Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Norm Dicks		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John E. Cunningham		Republican	1977 (special)		Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

West Virginia

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Bob Mollohan		Democratic	1952
1956 (retired)
1968	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Harley Orrin Staggers		Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	John M. Slack Jr.		Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist
	Nick Rahall		Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Wisconsin

|- | | Les Aspin | | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Les Aspin (Democratic) 54.5%
William W. Petrie (Republican) 45.5%

|- | | Robert Kastenmeier | | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Robert Kastenmeier (Democratic) 57.7%
James A. Wright (Republican) 41.3%
Dick G. Fields (Independent) 1.0%

|- | | Alvin Baldus | | Democratic | 1974 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Alvin Baldus (Democratic) 62.8%
Michael Steven Ellis (Republican) 37.2%

|- | | Clement J. Zablocki | | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Clement J. Zablocki (Democratic) 66.1%
Elroy C. Honadel (Republican) 33.9%

|- | | Henry S. Reuss | | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Henry S. Reuss (Democratic) 73.1%
James R. W. Medina (Republican) 25.9%
Paul Greenberg (Independent) 0.7%
John Edward Sokoly (Independent) 0.3%

|- | | William A. Steiger | | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William A. Steiger (Republican) 69.6%
Robert J. Steffes (Democratic) 29.6%
Gordon Ponschock (Con) 0.8%

|- | | Dave Obey | | Democratic | 1969 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Dave Obey (Democratic) 62.2%
Vinton A. Vesta (Republican) 36.9%
George Olishkewych (Con) 0.9%

|- | | Robert John Cornell | | Democratic | 1974 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Toby Roth (Republican) 57.9%
Robert John Cornell (Democratic) 42.1%

|- | | Bob Kasten | | Republican | 1974 | | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Wisconsin. Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Jim Sensenbrenner (Republican) 61.2%
Matthew J. Flynn (Democratic) 38.8%

Wyoming

District	Incumbent	Party	First
elected	Result	Candidates
	Teno Roncalio		Democratic	1964
1966 (retired)
1970		Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.	nowrap	{{Plainlist

Notes

References

Works cited

References

"Our Campaigns - NY District 21 Special Race - Feb 14, 1978".

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