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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Texas (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 Phil Gramm
(D)
Wes Mowrey
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 66,02565.1% 35,39334.9% 00.0% 30,632 101,418
Total R vote: 35,393 (34.9%)      Total D vote: 66,025 (65.1%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $480,778 $116,386
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/TX/06/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Phil Gramm
Total Disbursements: $480,778

**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/TX/06/1978

Wes Mowrey
Total Disbursements: $116,386

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Wes Mowrey 4,630 85.4%
2   Carl Krohn 793 14.6%
TOTAL VOTES 5,423  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Ron Godbey 23,540 28.4%
2   Phil Gramm 22,275 26.8%
3   Thomas Edwards 22,154 26.7%
4   Don McNiel 10,466 12.6%
5   Kay Jones 2,928 3.5%
6   William Powers 1,644 2.0%
TOTAL VOTES 83,007  
Democrat Runoff
1   Phil Gramm 23,762 52.9%
2   Ron Godbey 21,169 47.1%