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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Maryland (District 08)

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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 Michael Barnes
(D)
Newton Steers*
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 81,85151.3% 77,80748.7% 00.0% 4,044 159,658
Total R vote: 77,807 (48.7%)      Total D vote: 81,851 (51.3%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $134,588 $162,980
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/MD/08/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Michael Barnes
Total Disbursements: $134,588

**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/MD/08/1978

Newton Steers*
Total Disbursements: $162,980

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Michael Barnes 36,540 71.9%
2   Alfred Muller 6,175 12.2%
3   George Benns 3,516 6.9%
4   Robert Roosevelt 2,306 4.5%
5   Brinton Dillingham 2,273 4.5%
TOTAL VOTES 50,810