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1974-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Minnesota (District 08)

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



 
County James Oberstar
(DFL)
Jerry Arnold
(R)
William Ojala
(Economic Justice)
Robert Bester
(Independent Voters)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 104,74062.0% 44,29826.2% 16,93210.0% 2,9871.8% 560.0% 60,442 169,013
Total R vote: 44,298 (26.2%)      Total D vote: 104,740 (62.0%)      Total Other vote: 19,975 (11.8%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $106,186 $38,435 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $0 $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/MN/08/1974

Campaign finance data for this election**:

James Oberstar
Total Disbursements: $106,186

**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/MN/08/1974

Jerry Arnold
Total Disbursements: $38,435

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Jerry Arnold 8,723 68.9%
2   Edward Johnson 2,327 18.4%
3   Leonard Richards 840 6.6%
4   Bea Mooney 770 6.1%
TOTAL VOTES 12,660  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   James Oberstar 50,493 49.1%
2   Tony Perpich 29,899 29.1%
3   Florian Chmielewski 20,054 19.5%
4   Chester Schur 886 0.9%
5   Thomas Cooper 768 0.7%
6   John Barcelona 682 0.7%
TOTAL VOTES 102,782