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1978-09-16 U.S. House Election Results for Louisiana (District 08)

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



 
Parish Gillis Long*
(D)		 Robert Mitchell
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 80,66679.7% 20,54720.3% 00.0% 60,119 101,213
Total R vote: 20,547 (20.3%)      Total D vote: 80,666 (79.7%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $189,507 $7,106
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/LA/08/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Gillis Long*
Total Disbursements: $189,507

**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/LA/08/1978

Robert Mitchell
Total Disbursements: $7,106

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Democrat primary