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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Maine (District 02)

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



 
County Olympia Snowe
(R)		 Markham Gartley
(D)		 Frederick Whitaker
(I)		 Eddie Shurtleff
(I)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 87,93950.8% 70,69140.8% 8,0354.6% 1,9231.1% 4,4662.6% 17,248 173,054
Total R vote: 87,939 (50.8%)      Total D vote: 70,691 (40.8%)      Total Other vote: 14,424 (8.3%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $220,981 $132,156 $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/ME/02/1978


Other candidates included: Robert Burmeister (I), 1,653 votes ; Margaret Cousins (I), 1,573 votes ; Robert Cousins (I), 1,223 votes

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Olympia Snowe
Total Disbursements: $220,981

**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/ME/02/1978

Markham Gartley
Total Disbursements: $132,156

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Markham Gartley 20,089 63.8%
2   James Henderson 11,423 36.2%
TOTAL VOTES 31,512