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1988-11-08 U.S. House Election Results for Michigan (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 Bob Traxler*
(D)
Lloyd Buhl
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 139,90472.1% 54,19527.9% 50.0% 85,709 194,104
Total R vote: 54,195 (27.9%)      Total D vote: 139,904 (72.1%)      Total Other vote: 5 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $128,400 $2,188
Total Receipts: $238,000 $4,847
Cash on Hand: $239,742 $2,659
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $400
Loans by Candidate: $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $67,988 $3,248
Party Contributions: $502 $199
Other Committee Contributions: $148,987 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $1,703 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $1,703 $0
Net Spending: $130,103 $2,188

**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/MI/08/1988

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Bob Traxler*
Total Disbursements: $128,400
Total Receipts: $238,000
Cash on Hand: $239,742
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $67,988
Party Contributions: $502
Other Committee Contributions: $148,987
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $1,703
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $1,703
Net Spending: $130,103



Lloyd Buhl
Total Disbursements: $2,188
Total Receipts: $4,847
Cash on Hand: $2,659
Candidate Contributions: $400
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $3,248
Party Contributions: $199
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $2,188



**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/MI/08/1988


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Lloyd Buhl 12,487 51.6% $2,188
2   Bill Koelsch 11,706 48.4% $34,026
TOTAL VOTES 24,193    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**

No Democrat primary