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1978-11-07 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)		 Bill White
(R)		 Mary Pritchard
(Socialist Workers)		 Gerald Pechenuk
(U.S. Labor)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 65,95066.6% 30,99531.3% 1,3531.4% 7120.7% 00.0% 34,955 99,010
Total R vote: 30,995 (31.3%)      Total D vote: 65,950 (66.6%)      Total Other vote: 2,065 (2.1%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $91,254 $40,834 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $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/MO/01/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

William Clay*
Total Disbursements: $91,254

**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/01/1978

Bill White
Total Disbursements: $40,834

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Bill White 6,225 65.8%
2   Richard Riley 3,232 34.2%
TOTAL VOTES 9,457  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   William Clay* 29,780 62.2%
2   Helen Gerleman 8,949 18.7%
3   Elsa Hill 2,414 5.0%
4   Barry Shelton 2,265 4.7%
5   Benjamin Goins 2,061 4.3%
6   Takuri Tei 1,462 3.1%
7   Felix Panlasigui 974 2.0%
TOTAL VOTES 47,905