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1940-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for Maryland (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 Lansdale Sasscer*
(D)		 John Torvestad
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 58,41871.0% 23,85729.0% 10.0% 34,561 82,276
Total R vote: 23,857 (29.0%)      Total D vote: 58,418 (71.0%)      Total Other vote: 1 (0.0%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Lansdale Sasscer* 28,639 90.5%
2   John Klemm 3,005 9.5%
TOTAL VOTES 31,644