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1986-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Iowa (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 Jim Ross Lightfoot*
(R)
Scott Hughes
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 85,02559.2% 58,55240.8% 120.0% 26,473 143,589
Total R vote: 85,025 (59.2%)      Total D vote: 58,552 (40.8%)      Total Other vote: 12 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $474,179 $250,384
Total Receipts: $464,116 $250,405
Cash on Hand: $3,467 $19
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $1,342
Loans by Candidate: $0 $46,000
Total Individual Contributions: $0 $0
Party Contributions: $0 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $208,047 $106,097
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $1,084 $5,190
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $1,084 $5,190
Net Spending: $475,263 $255,574

**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/IA/05/1986

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Jim Ross Lightfoot*
Total Disbursements: $474,179
Total Receipts: $464,116
Cash on Hand: $3,467
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $0
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $208,047
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $1,084
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $1,084
Net Spending: $475,263



Scott Hughes
Total Disbursements: $250,384
Total Receipts: $250,405
Cash on Hand: $19
Candidate Contributions: $1,342
Candidate Loans: $46,000
Individual Contributions: $0
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $106,097
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $5,190
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $5,190
Net Spending: $255,574



**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/IA/05/1986


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jim Ross Lightfoot* 22,613 100.0% $474,179
    Other 7 0.0%  
TOTAL VOTES 22,620    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Scott Hughes 11,077 52.1% $250,384
2   Leonard Boswell 10,185 47.9%
    Other 4 0.0%  
TOTAL VOTES 21,266