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1979-04-03 U.S. House Election Results for Wisconsin (District 06)

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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 Tom Petri
(R)
Gary Goyke
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 71,71550.0% 70,49249.1% 1,2230.9% 1,223 143,430
Total R vote: 71,715 (50.0%)      Total D vote: 70,492 (49.1%)      Total Other vote: 1,223 (0.9%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $514,122 $234,563
Total Receipts: $515,994 $232,366

**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/WI/06/1979

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Tom Petri
Total Disbursements: $514,122

**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/WI/06/1979

Gary Goyke
Total Disbursements: $234,563

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Tom Petri 22,293 35.3%
2   Tommy Thompson 11,850 18.7%
3   Jack Steinhilber 11,810 18.7%
4   Kenneth Benson 10,965 17.3%
5   Donald Jones 5,077 8.0%
6   Richard Wright 844 1.3%
7   John Gregory 395 0.6%
TOTAL VOTES 63,234  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Gary Goyke 18,569 76.6%
2   Richard Flintrop 5,684 23.4%
TOTAL VOTES 24,253