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1988-11-08 U.S. House Election Results for Kansas (District 05)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
State:
Congressional District:
(House elections)


Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Bob Whittaker*
(R)
John Barnes
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 127,72270.1% 54,32729.8% 300.0% 73,395 182,079
Total R vote: 127,722 (70.1%)      Total D vote: 54,327 (29.8%)      Total Other vote: 30 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $117,312 $0
Total Receipts: $222,261 $0
Cash on Hand: $446,218 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $25,063 $0
Party Contributions: $2,309 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $155,056 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $56 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $56 $0
Net Spending: $117,368 $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/KS/05/1988

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Bob Whittaker*
Total Disbursements: $117,312
Total Receipts: $222,261
Cash on Hand: $446,218
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $25,063
Party Contributions: $2,309
Other Committee Contributions: $155,056
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $56
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $56
Net Spending: $117,368



**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/KS/05/1988


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   John Barnes 19,179 72.4%
2   James Rinker 7,325 27.6%
TOTAL VOTES 26,504