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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for New Jersey (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 Edwin Forsythe*
(R)		 Thomas McGann
(D)		 Bernardo Doganiero
(Socialist Labor)		 Charles Pike
(Libertarian)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 89,44660.4% 56,87438.4% 7370.5% 6430.4% 4840.3% 32,572 148,184
Total R vote: 89,446 (60.4%)      Total D vote: 56,874 (38.4%)      Total Other vote: 1,864 (1.3%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $87,804 $60,647 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $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/NJ/06/1978


Other candidates included: Hazel McGlory (Betsy Ross Party), 484 votes

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Edwin Forsythe*
Total Disbursements: $87,804

**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/NJ/06/1978

Thomas McGann
Total Disbursements: $60,647

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Edwin Forsythe* 17,106 84.7%
2   Richard Amber 3,095 15.3%
TOTAL VOTES 20,201  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Thomas McGann 9,465 52.2%
2   Joseph Carroll 8,684 47.8%
TOTAL VOTES 18,149