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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Georgia (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 Newt Gingrich
(R)
Virginia Shapard
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 47,07854.4% 39,45145.6% 110.0% 7,627 86,540
Total R vote: 47,078 (54.4%)      Total D vote: 39,451 (45.6%)      Total Other vote: 11 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $219,336 $313,056
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/GA/06/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Newt Gingrich
Total Disbursements: $219,336

**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/GA/06/1978

Virginia Shapard
Total Disbursements: $313,056

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Newt Gingrich 4,597 75.6%
2   David Barrow 952 15.6%
3   Mike Esther 535 8.8%
TOTAL VOTES 6,084  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Virginia Shapard 32,323 44.3%
2   Peter Banks 22,010 30.2%
3   Betty Talmadge 12,419 17.0%
4   Doug Steele 2,676 3.7%
5   Jim Huffman 2,352 3.2%
6   Julian Wall 1,140 1.6%
TOTAL VOTES 72,920  
Democrat Runoff
1   Virginia Shapard 31,016 52.1%
2   Peter Banks 28,541 47.9%