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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Minnesota (District 01)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Arlen Erdahl
(IR)		 Gerry Sikorski
(DFL)		 Lloyd Duwe
(American)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 110,09056.2% 83,27142.5% 2,5401.3% 280.0% 26,819 195,929
Total R vote: 110,090 (56.2%)      Total D vote: 83,271 (42.5%)      Total Other vote: 2,568 (1.3%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $194,363 $149,089 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $0 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/MN/01/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Arlen Erdahl
Total Disbursements: $194,363

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/MN/01/1978

Gerry Sikorski
Total Disbursements: $149,089

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Arlen Erdahl 26,768 74.5%
2   R.H. Campbell 4,338 12.1%
3   Dave Drummond 3,937 11.0%
4   Bea Mooney 876 2.4%
TOTAL VOTES 35,919  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Gerry Sikorski 33,121 68.3%
2   Robert Olson 11,327 23.4%
3   Russell Smith 4,013 8.3%
TOTAL VOTES 48,461