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

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



 
County Tom Daschle
(D)		 Leo Thorsness
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 64,68350.1% 64,54449.9% 00.0% 139 129,227
Total R vote: 64,544 (49.9%)      Total D vote: 64,683 (50.1%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $223,221 $270,377
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/SD/01/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Tom Daschle
Total Disbursements: $223,221

**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/SD/01/1978

Leo Thorsness
Total Disbursements: $270,377

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Leo Thorsness 28,325 64.8%
2   David Volk 15,396 35.2%
TOTAL VOTES 43,721  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Tom Daschle 21,491 59.3%
2   Frank Denholm 14,760 40.7%
TOTAL VOTES 36,251