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

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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 Gray
(D)		 Roland Atkins
(R)		 Benjamin Bailey
(Socialist Workers)		 Anton Chaitkin
(Labor)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 132,59482.0% 25,78515.9% 2,3211.4% 1,0590.7% 00.0% 106,809 161,759
Total R vote: 25,785 (15.9%)      Total D vote: 132,594 (82.0%)      Total Other vote: 3,380 (2.1%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $225,887 $24,877 $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/PA/02/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

William Gray
Total Disbursements: $225,887

**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/PA/02/1978

Roland Atkins
Total Disbursements: $24,877

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Roland Atkins 4,683 65.1%
2   Ernest Wilson 2,508 34.9%
TOTAL VOTES 7,191  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   William Gray 36,506 58.1%
2   Robert Nix* 24,855 39.6%
3   Douglass Henderson 1,482 2.4%
TOTAL VOTES 62,843