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1956-11-06 U.S. House Election Results for Illinois (District 05)

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Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County John Kluczynski*
(D)
Lawrence Welnowski
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 96,39961.8% 59,60838.2% 00.0% 36,791 156,007
Total R vote: 59,608 (38.2%)      Total D vote: 96,399 (61.8%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Lawrence Welnowski 3,420 43.0%
2   James Godfrey 2,305 29.0%
3   Joseph Spaitis 2,229 28.0%
TOTAL VOTES 7,954  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Kluczynski* 39,259 80.2%
2   Clarence Balek 9,664 19.8%
TOTAL VOTES 48,923