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

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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 Larry McDonald*
(D)		 Ernie Norsworthy
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 47,09066.5% 23,69833.5% 390.1% 23,392 70,827
Total R vote: 23,698 (33.5%)      Total D vote: 47,090 (66.5%)      Total Other vote: 39 (0.1%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $331,925 $9,767
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/07/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Larry McDonald*
Total Disbursements: $331,925

**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/07/1978

Ernie Norsworthy
Total Disbursements: $9,767

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Ernie Norsworthy 1,167 62.4%
2   Tasca Moore 703 37.6%
TOTAL VOTES 1,870  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Larry McDonald* 33,323 43.9%
2   Smith Foster 32,440 42.7%
3   Ken Butterworth 9,090 12.0%
4   James Sparks 1,139 1.5%
TOTAL VOTES 75,992  
Democrat Runoff
1   Larry McDonald* 45,789 51.5%
2   Smith Foster 43,188 48.5%