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

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



 
County Edward Beard*
(D)		 Claudine Schneider
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 87,39752.6% 78,72547.4% 00.0% 8,672 166,122
Total R vote: 78,725 (47.4%)      Total D vote: 87,397 (52.6%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $84,688 $53,879
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/RI/02/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Edward Beard*
Total Disbursements: $84,688

**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/RI/02/1978

Claudine Schneider
Total Disbursements: $53,879

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Edward Beard* 35,229 80.1%
2   Aldrich DelSanto 8,747 19.9%
TOTAL VOTES 43,976