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. As of , this was the last midterm election where the Democrats managed to maintain a majority in the House of Representatives under a Democratic president and the last midterm election in which a registered third party member was elected. Overall results Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk Special elections Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin |- | | Les Aspin | | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | | Robert Kastenmeier | | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | | Alvin Baldus | | Democratic | 1974 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | | Clement J. Zablocki | | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | | Henry S. Reuss | | Democratic | 1954 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | | William A. Steiger | | Republican | 1966 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | | Dave Obey | | Democratic | 1969 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | | Robert John Cornell | | Democratic | 1974 | | Incumbent lost re-election.New member elected.Republican gain. | nowrap | |- | | Bob Kasten | | Republican | 1974 | | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Wisconsin.New member elected.Republican hold. | nowrap | |} Wyoming See also 1978 United States elections 1978 United States gubernatorial elections 1978 United States Senate elections 95th United States Congress 96th United States Congress Notes References