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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Florida (District 05)

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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 Richard Kelly*
(R)
David Best
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 106,31951.1% 101,86748.9% 00.0% 4,452 208,186
Total R vote: 106,319 (51.1%)      Total D vote: 101,867 (48.9%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $182,597 $149,383
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/FL/05/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Richard Kelly*
Total Disbursements: $182,597

**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/FL/05/1978

David Best
Total Disbursements: $149,383

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   David Best 21,410 34.5%
2   Mike Olson 18,805 30.3%
3   Adrian Bell 12,942 20.8%
4   Don Poindexter 8,981 14.5%
TOTAL VOTES 62,138  
Democrat Runoff
1   David Best 32,573 56.6%
2   Mike Olson 24,945 43.4%