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

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



 
County James Shannon
(D)
John Buckley
(R)
James Gaffney
(I)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 90,15652.2% 48,68528.2% 33,83519.6% 50.0% 41,471 172,681
Total R vote: 48,685 (28.2%)      Total D vote: 90,156 (52.2%)      Total Other vote: 33,840 (19.6%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $180,667 $97,637 $17,740
Total Receipts: $0 $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/MA/05/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

James Shannon
Total Disbursements: $180,667
John Buckley
Total Disbursements: $97,637

**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/MA/05/1978

James Gaffney
Total Disbursements: $17,740

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Buckley 11,772 54.3%
2   Nicholas Rizzo 9,881 45.6%
    Other 9 0.0%
TOTAL VOTES 21,662  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   James Shannon 18,529 22.4%
2   Raymond Rourke 17,743 21.4%
3   Robert Hatem 16,359 19.7%
4   John Markey 14,046 17.0%
5   Michael McLaughlin 12,644 15.3%
6   Ronald Burba 3,524 4.3%
    Other 5 0.0%
TOTAL VOTES 82,850