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

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
State:
Congressional District:
(House elections)


Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Richard Shelby
(D)
James Scruggs
(R)
Fulton Gray
(Conservative)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 77,74293.8% 1,8412.2% 3,2854.0% 00.0% 75,901 82,868
Total R vote: 1,841 (2.2%)      Total D vote: 77,742 (93.8%)      Total Other vote: 3,285 (4.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $181,405 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $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/AL/07/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

**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/07/1978

Richard Shelby
Total Disbursements: $181,405

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Richard Shelby 46,706 48.5%
2   Chris McNair 36,312 37.7%
3   Goodloe Sutton 13,361 13.9%
TOTAL VOTES 96,379  
Democrat Runoff
1   Richard Shelby 75,329 58.9%
2   Chris McNair 52,659 41.1%