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1988-11-08 U.S. House Election Results for Washington (District 07)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Jim McDermott
(D)
Robert Edwards
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 173,80976.3% 53,90223.7% 00.0% 119,907 227,711
Total R vote: 53,902 (23.7%)      Total D vote: 173,809 (76.3%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $354,530 $5,265
Total Receipts: $373,258 $5,921
Cash on Hand: $18,727 $654
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $30
Loans by Candidate: $5,769 $1,000
Total Individual Contributions: $127,685 $2,991
Party Contributions: $75 $1,900
Other Committee Contributions: $233,226 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $6,448 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0 $0
Net Spending: $354,530 $5,265

**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/WA/07/1988

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Jim McDermott
Total Disbursements: $354,530
Total Receipts: $373,258
Cash on Hand: $18,727
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $5,769
Individual Contributions: $127,685
Party Contributions: $75
Other Committee Contributions: $233,226
Other Committee Transfers: $6,448
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $354,530



Robert Edwards
Total Disbursements: $5,265
Total Receipts: $5,921
Cash on Hand: $654
Candidate Contributions: $30
Candidate Loans: $1,000
Individual Contributions: $2,991
Party Contributions: $1,900
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $5,265



**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/WA/07/1988


Open Primary
Pos Candidate Party Votes % $**
1   Jim McDermott D 47,026 38.5% $354,530
2   Norm Rice D 35,046 28.7% $187,162
3   Ruthe Ridder D 23,149 18.9% $171,958
4   Robert Edwards R 7,815 6.4% $5,265
5   Robert Blake R 7,675 6.3%
6   Frank Deacy D 824 0.7%
7   Jim McMahan Workers World 663 0.5%
TOTAL VOTES 122,198