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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Washington (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 Tom Foley*
(D)		 Duane Alton
(R)		 Mel Tonasket
(I)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 77,20148.0% 68,76142.7% 14,8879.3% 00.0% 8,440 160,849
Total R vote: 68,761 (42.7%)      Total D vote: 77,201 (48.0%)      Total Other vote: 14,887 (9.3%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $347,573 $174,978 $18,141
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/WA/05/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Tom Foley*
Total Disbursements: $347,573
Duane Alton
Total Disbursements: $174,978

**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/WA/05/1978

Mel Tonasket
Total Disbursements: $18,141

Open Primary
Pos Candidate Party Votes %
1   Tom Foley* D 36,697 38.8%
2   Duane Alton R 28,108 29.7%
3   John Sonneland R 25,125 26.6%
4   Judith Sachs D 3,910 4.1%
5   Clarice Privette R 642 0.7%
TOTAL VOTES 94,482