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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Minnesota (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 Martin Sabo
(DFL)		 Mike Till
(IR)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 91,67362.3% 55,41237.7% 20.0% 36,261 147,087
Total R vote: 55,412 (37.7%)      Total D vote: 91,673 (62.3%)      Total Other vote: 2 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $84,652 $129,487
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/MN/05/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Martin Sabo
Total Disbursements: $84,652

**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/MN/05/1978

Mike Till
Total Disbursements: $129,487

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Mike Till 14,864 100.0%
TOTAL VOTES 14,864  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Martin Sabo 47,515 81.2%
2   Les Betts 5,826 10.0%
3   Willis Trueblood 5,184 8.9%
TOTAL VOTES 58,525