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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Alabama (District 06)

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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 John Buchanan*
(R)
Don Hawkins
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 65,70061.7% 40,77138.3% 00.0% 24,929 106,471
Total R vote: 65,700 (61.7%)      Total D vote: 40,771 (38.3%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $123,808 $20,238
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/AL/06/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

John Buchanan*
Total Disbursements: $123,808

**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/AL/06/1978

Don Hawkins
Total Disbursements: $20,238

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Buchanan* 9,078 53.2%
2   Albert Lee Smith 6,802 39.9%
3   Nick Kirst 1,189 7.0%
TOTAL VOTES 17,069  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Don Hawkins 33,560 50.6%
2   David Johnson 19,154 28.9%
3   Tom Leonard 13,650 20.6%
TOTAL VOTES 66,364