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1988-11-08 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 Claude Harris*
(D)
Jim Bacon
(R)
Alan Barksdale
(Libertarian)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 136,07467.7% 63,37231.5% 1,4210.7% 990.0% 72,702 200,966
Total R vote: 63,372 (31.5%)      Total D vote: 136,074 (67.7%)      Total Other vote: 1,520 (0.8%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $328,296 $8,737 $0
Total Receipts: $405,426 $9,842 $0
Cash on Hand: $78,631 $1,106 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $297 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $7,290 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $143,626 $1,195 $0
Party Contributions: $2,841 $1,060 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $257,205 $0 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $2,055 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $2,055 $0 $0
Net Spending: $330,351 $8,737 $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/07/1988

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Claude Harris*
Total Disbursements: $328,296
Total Receipts: $405,426
Cash on Hand: $78,631
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $143,626
Party Contributions: $2,841
Other Committee Contributions: $257,205
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $2,055
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $2,055
Net Spending: $330,351



Jim Bacon
Total Disbursements: $8,737
Total Receipts: $9,842
Cash on Hand: $1,106
Candidate Contributions: $297
Candidate Loans: $7,290
Individual Contributions: $1,195
Party Contributions: $1,060
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $8,737



**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/07/1988


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jim Bacon 3,783 52.9% $8,737
2   Sam Kelley 3,374 47.1%
TOTAL VOTES 7,157    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Claude Harris* 70,789 93.6% $328,296
2   Wayne Sowell 4,811 6.4%
TOTAL VOTES 75,600