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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for New Jersey (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



 
County Frank Thompson*
(D)
Chris Smith
(R)
John Mahalchik
(Betsy Ross Party)
Paul Rizzo
(Work With People)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 69,25961.1% 41,83336.9% 1,1451.0% 8270.7% 3180.3% 27,426 113,382
Total R vote: 41,833 (36.9%)      Total D vote: 69,259 (61.1%)      Total Other vote: 2,290 (2.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $66,828 $15,717 $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/NJ/04/1978


Other candidates included: Judson Carter (God We Trust), 318 votes

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Frank Thompson*
Total Disbursements: $66,828

**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/NJ/04/1978

Chris Smith
Total Disbursements: $15,717

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Chris Smith 6,549 100.0%
TOTAL VOTES 6,549  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Frank Thompson* 17,278 100.0%
TOTAL VOTES 17,278