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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for California (District 03)

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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 Robert Matsui
(D)
Sandy Smoley
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 105,53753.4% 91,96646.6% 00.0% 13,571 197,503
Total R vote: 91,966 (46.6%)      Total D vote: 105,537 (53.4%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $468,028 $329,408
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/CA/03/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Robert Matsui
Total Disbursements: $468,028

**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/CA/03/1978

Sandy Smoley
Total Disbursements: $329,408

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Sandy Smoley 35,732 62.9%
2   Joseph Murphy 21,084 37.1%
TOTAL VOTES 56,816  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Robert Matsui 37,314 36.0%
2   Eugene Gualco 30,159 29.1%
3   Phil Isenberg 29,341 28.3%
4   Terry McGann 4,711 4.5%
5   Ivaldo Lenci 2,151 2.1%
TOTAL VOTES 103,676