United States Senate election in Georgia, 1978
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The 1978 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic
U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
won re-election by a decisively large margin in contrast to the tumultuously competitive Senate election of 1972 six years earlier.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
Sam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a...
won re-election by a decisively large margin in contrast to the tumultuously competitive Senate election of 1972 six years earlier.