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

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
State:
Congressional District:
(House elections)


Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County L.H. Fountain*
(D)
Barry Gardner
(R)
Leslie Koehler
(Libertarian)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 61,85178.2% 15,98820.2% 1,2141.5% 00.0% 45,863 79,053
Total R vote: 15,988 (20.2%)      Total D vote: 61,851 (78.2%)      Total Other vote: 1,214 (1.5%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $21,984 $7,335 $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/NC/02/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

L.H. Fountain*
Total Disbursements: $21,984

**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/NC/02/1978

Barry Gardner
Total Disbursements: $7,335

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   L.H. Fountain* 51,282 74.8%
2   Elbert Rudasill 17,314 25.2%
TOTAL VOTES 68,596