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

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



 
County Tim Lee Carter*
(R)
Jesse Ramey
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 59,74379.2% 15,71420.8% 10.0% 44,029 75,458
Total R vote: 59,743 (79.2%)      Total D vote: 15,714 (20.8%)      Total Other vote: 1 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $44,631 $0
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/KY/05/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

**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/KY/05/1978

Tim Lee Carter*
Total Disbursements: $44,631

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Tim Lee Carter* 17,147 92.9%
2   Charles Hardwick 1,312 7.1%
TOTAL VOTES 18,459  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Jesse Ramey 3,407 51.5%
2   Lyle Willis 3,205 48.5%
TOTAL VOTES 6,612