1979 State Senate

111 contests

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111 contests|D won 93|R won 18

Kentucky19 districts

		Winner	Party		%
▶	KY-01	Richard Weisenberger	DEM	15,661	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	KY-03	Pat M McCuiston	DEM	11,266	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	KY-05	Joe Wright	DEM	28,617	56.8%	D+13.5
▶	KY-07	William L Quinlan	DEM	19,072	66.7%	D+33.5
▶	KY-09	Walter A Baker	REP	27,637	66.9%	R+33.8
▶	KY-11	James P Bunning	REP	21,387	50.8%	R+1.6
▶	KY-13	Michael Moloney	DEM	8,587	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	KY-15	John M Rogers	REP	15,420	100.0%	R+100.0
▶	KY-17	Charles W Berger	DEM	22,147	50.3%	D+0.6
▶	KY-19	Bill McGee	DEM	17,403	62.9%	D+25.7
▶	KY-21	Gene Huff	REP	13,927	100.0%	R+100.0
▶	KY-23	Gus Sheehan	DEM	10,331	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	KY-25	Lowell T Hughes	DEM	23,551	53.1%	D+6.3
▶	KY-27	Woodrow Stamper	DEM	13,724	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	KY-29	Benny Ray Bailey	DEM	15,711	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	KY-31	John Doug Hays	DEM	13,422	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	KY-33	Georgia Davis Powers	DEM	11,064	87.3%	D+74.7
▶	KY-35	David K Karem	DEM	20,287	71.6%	D+43.3
▶	KY-37	A D Yocom	DEM	17,966	65.2%	D+30.4

Mississippi52 districts

		Winner	Party		%
▶	MS-01	George E Guerieri	DEM	10,830	77.1%	D+54.1
▶	MS-02	William R Minor	DEM	13,571	70.5%	D+70.5
▶	MS-03	John H Waldrop	DEM	7,956	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-04	Theodore Smith	DEM	6,422	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-05	Bill May	DEM	8,273	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-06	Perrin H Purvis	DEM	9,408	81.3%	D+62.6
▶	MS-07	John E Johnson	DEM	9,059	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-08	Carl J Gordon	DEM	7,108	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-09	Edgar H Overstreet	DEM	11,430	57.6%	D+17.1
▶	MS-10	Charles Ray Nix	DEM	7,045	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-11	Malcolm Mabryboone	REP	7,522	63.7%	R+27.4
▶	MS-12	William B Alexander	DEM	9,858	68.8%	D+68.8
▶	MS-13	Robert Lacey Crook	DEM	7,357	69.6%	D+39.3
▶	MS-14	John James Fraiser Jr.	DEM	6,760	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-15	Charles Pittman	DEM	8,531	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-16	Billy D Lancaster	DEM	7,898	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-17	William Thomas Harpole	DEM	8,536	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-18	William Canon	DEM	7,546	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-19	Joe Henry Mulholland	DEM	14,742	84.4%	D+68.9
▶	MS-20	Bob Montgomery	DEM	14,950	58.6%	D+58.6
▶	MS-21	Ollie Mohamed	DEM	6,867	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-22	Howard Dyer	DEM	6,401	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-23	John Kenneth Gresham	DEM	5,083	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-24	Ellis Barkett Bodron	DEM	7,488	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-25	J C Maloney	REP	10,577	100.0%	R+100.0
▶	MS-26	Ed Ellington	DEM	11,296	71.3%	D+42.6
▶	MS-27	Doug Anderson	DEM	6,815	86.6%	D+86.7
▶	MS-28	Henry Kirksey	DEM	7,764	57.3%	D+57.3
▶	MS-29	Wayne Burkes	DEM	7,915	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-30	Thomas Norman Brooks	DEM	8,505	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-31	John Edwin Lee	DEM	9,572	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-32	Algie Arnold Davis	DEM	9,921	79.3%	D+79.3
▶	MS-33	Glen Deweese	DEM	10,497	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-34	Billy H Thames	DEM	14,883	72.8%	D+45.6
▶	MS-35	Aubrey Mitchell Childre	DEM	13,950	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-36	James Lawrence Caldwell	DEM	9,504	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-37	James D Disharoon	DEM	15,534	52.9%	D+52.9
▶	MS-38	Robert M Dearing	DEM	11,789	60.8%	D+21.6
▶	MS-39	John William Powell	DEM	11,888	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-40	W L Rayborn	DEM	13,735	64.0%	D+64.0
▶	MS-41	Emerson Stringer	DEM	8,201	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-42	Ronald C Shows	DEM	9,242	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-43	Vincent Scoper	REP	14,391	56.8%	R+13.6
▶	MS-44	Cecil E Mills	DEM	12,193	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-45	Paul Richard Lambert	DEM	10,216	61.8%	D+23.7
▶	MS-46	David Burnell Smith	DEM	14,572	76.6%	D+53.2
▶	MS-47	Martin Travis Smith	DEM	17,312	79.7%	D+59.4
▶	MS-48	George Smith	DEM	9,526	48.5%	D+3.8
▶	MS-49	Robert Usey	REP	10,747	48.6%	R+15.9
▶	MS-50	Thomas Arlin Gollott	DEM	5,679	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	MS-51	William Charles Rhodes	DEM	11,520	48.7%	D+20.0
▶	MS-52	Louis Fortenberry	DEM	10,823	74.2%	D+48.4

New Jersey2 districts

		Winner	Party		%
▶	NJ-22	Donald Difrancesco	REP	41,723	57.4%	R+16.6
▶	NJ-28	John P Caufield	DEM	19,066	57.6%	D+32.6

Virginia38 districts

		Winner	Party		%
▶	VA-01	Hunter B Andrews	DEM	9,655	99.9%	D+99.9
▶	VA-02	Herbert H \ Bateman	REP	21,297	51.5%	R+3.0
▶	VA-03	William E Fears	DEM	31,411	52.6%	D+5.3
▶	VA-04	Elmo G Cross Jr.	DEM	23,952	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	VA-05(JP)	Stanley C Walker	DEM	111,544	21.3%	+2.6
▶	VA-08	A Joseph Canada Jr.	REP	23,116	65.6%	R+35.9
▶	VA-09	L Douglas Wilder	DEM	10,925	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	VA-10	Edward E Willey	DEM	22,405	79.3%	D+79.3
▶	VA-11	Frederick T Gray	DEM	18,624	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	VA-12	William F Parkerson Jr.	DEM	22,135	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	VA-13	Willard J Moody	DEM	8,579	94.7%	D+94.7
▶	VA-14	William T Parker	DEM	19,357	65.8%	D+31.7
▶	VA-15	Richard J Holland	DEM	15,681	99.9%	D+100.0
▶	VA-16	Elmon T Gray	DEM	11,498	99.8%	D+99.8
▶	VA-17	Eva F Scott	REP	36,077	50.8%	R+1.6
▶	VA-18	Howard P Anderson	DEM	16,817	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	VA-19	W Onico Barker	REP	27,798	55.0%	R+9.9
▶	VA-20	Virgil H Goode Jr.	DEM	22,782	100.0%	D+100.0
▶	VA-21	Ray L Garland	REP	25,168	54.9%	R+9.8
▶	VA-22	Dudley J Emick Jr.	DEM	29,237	69.5%	D+39.0
▶	VA-23	Elliot S Schewel	DEM	16,060	99.9%	D+99.9
▶	VA-24	Frank W Nolen	DEM	26,129	60.7%	D+21.4
▶	VA-25	J Harry Michael Jr.	DEM	26,655	81.2%	D+81.2
▶	VA-26	Nathan H Miller	REP	28,054	55.6%	R+11.2
▶	VA-27	William A Truban	REP	34,021	56.9%	R+13.8
▶	VA-28	John H Chichester	REP	35,697	63.4%	R+26.9
▶	VA-29	Charles J Colgan	DEM	15,630	99.6%	D+99.6
▶	VA-30	Wiley F Mitchell Jr.	REP	9,194	99.7%	R+99.8
▶	VA-31	Edward McHarg Holland	DEM	15,299	58.0%	D+24.3
▶	VA-32	Clive L Duval II	DEM	26,020	63.3%	D+26.6
▶	VA-33	Charles L Waddell	DEM	36,734	51.4%	D+2.8
▶	VA-34	Adelard L Brault	DEM	20,106	55.7%	D+11.4
▶	VA-35	Richard Lawrence Saslaw	DEM	29,798	52.8%	D+5.6
▶	VA-36	Joseph V Gartlan Jr.	DEM	17,999	56.4%	D+12.8
▶	VA-37	Madison Marye	DEM	30,749	50.0%	D+0.0
▶	VA-38	Daniel W Bird Jr.	DEM	34,866	75.4%	D+50.8
▶	VA-39	Frederick C \ Boucher	DEM	31,329	62.3%	D+24.7
▶	VA-40	John Chalkley Buchanan	DEM	39,921	51.5%	D+2.9

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