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1978 United States Senate election in Iowa

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The 1978 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic Senator Dick Clark ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by Republican former Lieutenant Governor Roger Jepsen. This was the last time until 2014 that a Republican would win Iowa's Class II Senate seat.

Gerald Leo Baker, computer programmer and mathematician from Cedar Falls
Dick Clark, incumbent Senator
Robert L. Nereim, resident of Des Moines and candidate for Senate in 1966

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	87,880	80.48%
	Democratic	13,132	12.03%
	Democratic	8,176	7.49%
	Write-in	All others	3	0.00%
109,191	100.00%

Following his defeat, Gerald Leo Baker announced an independent campaign for the general election.

Joe Bertroche
Roger Jepsen, former Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
Maurie Van Nostrand

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	87,397	57.33%
	Republican	54,189	35.55%
	Republican	10,860	7.12%
284,047	100.00%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Republican	421,598	51.12%	7.03
	Democratic	395,066	47.91%	7.16
	Independent	4,223	0.51%	N/A
	Libertarian	3,689	0.45%	N/A
	Write-in	78	0.01%	N/A
824,654	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1978 United States Senate elections

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