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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Louisiana (District 04)

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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



 
Parish Buddy Leach
(D)		 Jimmy Wilson
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 65,58350.1% 65,31749.9% 00.0% 266 130,900
Total R vote: 65,317 (49.9%)      Total D vote: 65,583 (50.1%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $771,303 $402,713
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/LA/04/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Buddy Leach
Total Disbursements: $771,303

**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/LA/04/1978

Jimmy Wilson
Total Disbursements: $402,713

Open Primary
Pos Candidate Party Votes %
1   Buddy Leach D 35,010 26.9%
2   Jimmy Wilson R 34,841 26.8%
3   Buddy Roemer D 33,302 25.6%
4   Loy Weaver D 17,396 13.4%
5   Rogers Prestridge D 3,363 2.6%
6   John Robinson D 2,766 2.1%
7   Charles Crowder D 1,708 1.3%
8   Robert Briggs D 938 0.7%
9   Sophie Thompson D 748 0.6%
TOTAL VOTES 130,072