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1976-11-02 U.S. House Election Results for Michigan (District 05)

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



 
County Harold Sawyer
(R)		 Richard Vander Veen*
(D)		 Joe Berman
(Libertarian)		 Gary Powell
(U.S. Labor)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 109,58953.3% 94,97346.2% 4770.2% 3990.2% 140.0% 14,616 205,452
Total R vote: 109,589 (53.3%)      Total D vote: 94,973 (46.2%)      Total Other vote: 890 (0.4%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $213,718 $161,523 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $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/MI/05/1976

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Harold Sawyer
Total Disbursements: $213,718

**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/MI/05/1976

Richard Vander Veen*
Total Disbursements: $161,523

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Harold Sawyer 27,729 60.9%
2   Charles Wiersma 11,213 24.6%
3   Walter Russell 6,561 14.4%
TOTAL VOTES 45,503  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Richard Vander Veen* 16,976 73.4%
2   John Leach 6,155 26.6%
TOTAL VOTES 23,131