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1976-11-02 U.S. House Election Results for Missouri (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 William Clay*
(D)
Robert Witherspoon
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 87,31065.5% 45,87434.4% 420.0% 41,436 133,226
Total R vote: 45,874 (34.4%)      Total D vote: 87,310 (65.5%)      Total Other vote: 42 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $32,576 $0
Total Receipts: $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/MO/01/1976

Campaign finance data for this election**:

**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/MO/01/1976

William Clay*
Total Disbursements: $32,576

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Robert Witherspoon 4,615 49.0%
2   Percy Gray 2,804 29.7%
3   Arthur Martin 2,007 21.3%
TOTAL VOTES 9,426  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   William Clay* 38,735 60.7%
2   Dan McGovern 7,614 11.9%
3   James Troupe 5,178 8.1%
4   Takuri Tei 5,164 8.1%
5   Felix Panlasigui 3,169 5.0%
6   Elsa Hill 2,535 4.0%
7   Arnold Totter 1,400 2.2%
TOTAL VOTES 63,795