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1976-11-02 U.S. House Election Results for Texas (District 03)

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


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



 
County James Collins*
(R)
Les Shackelford
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 171,34374.0% 60,07026.0% 170.0% 111,273 231,430
Total R vote: 171,343 (74.0%)      Total D vote: 60,070 (26.0%)      Total Other vote: 17 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $137,306 $8,736
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/TX/03/1976

Campaign finance data for this election**:

James Collins*
Total Disbursements: $137,306

**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/TX/03/1976

Les Shackelford
Total Disbursements: $8,736

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   James Collins* 42,126 73.7%
2   Roger Chafin 15,006 26.3%
TOTAL VOTES 57,132  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Les Shackelford 19,458 72.4%
2   Clarence Lambright 7,432 27.6%
TOTAL VOTES 26,890