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1980-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Minnesota (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	James Oberstar* (DFL)		Edward Fiore (IR)		Ilona Gersh (Socialist Workers)		Other		Margin	TOTAL

TOTAL	182,228	70.4%	72,350	28.0%	4,134	1.6%	53	0.0%	109,878	258,765
Total R vote: 72,350 (28.0%) Total D vote: 182,228 (70.4%) Total Other vote: 4,187 (1.6%)
* incumbent

Campaign finance data for this election:**

Total Disbursements:	$188,096		$18,673		$0
Total Receipts:	$168,185		$18,675		$0
Cash on Hand:	$0		$0		$0
Contributions by Candidate:	$0		$0		$0
Loans by Candidate:	$0		$0		$0
Total Individual Contributions:	$0		$0		$0
Party Contributions:	$0		$0		$0
Other Committee Contributions:	$0		$0		$0
Transfers from Other Committees:	$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/08/1980

Campaign finance data for this election**:

James Oberstar*
Total Disbursements:	$188,096
Total Receipts:	$168,185
Cash on Hand:	$0
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$0
Party Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Transfers:	$0

Edward Fiore
Total Disbursements:	$18,673
Total Receipts:	$18,675
Cash on Hand:	$0
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$0
Party Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Contributions:	$0
Other Committee Transfers:	$0

Republican Primary
Pos	Candidate	Votes	%	$**
1	Edward Fiore	8,800	100.0%	$18,673
TOTAL VOTES		8,800

Democrat Primary
Pos	Candidate	Votes	%	$**
1	James Oberstar*	38,450	55.7%	$188,096
2	Thomas Dougherty	30,618	44.3%	$53,003
TOTAL VOTES		69,068