1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey
Results

1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Democratic	Bill Bradley	1,082,960	55.32%

Republican	Jeff Bell	844,200	43.13%

Independent	Herbert H. Shaw	4,736	0.24%

Independent	Bill Gahres	3,817	0.20%

Libertarian	Jack Moyers	3,809	0.20%

U.S. Labor	Robert Bowen	3,656	0.19%

Independent	J.M. Carter	3,618	0.19%

Independent	Jasper C. Gould	2,955	0.15%

Independent	William R. Thorn	2,776	0.14%

Socialist Labor	Paul Ferguson	2,604	0.13%

Socialist Workers	Alice Conner	2,384	0.12%

Majority	238,760

Turnout	1,957,515

Democratic gain from Republican	Swing

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Democratic nominee Bill Bradley defeated Republican nominee Jeff Bell with 55.32% of the vote.

final_sentence: Democratic nominee Bill Bradley defeated Republican nominee Jeff Bell with 55.32% of the vote.