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1988-11-08 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)
Jerry Shuster
(IR)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 165,65674.5% 56,63025.5% 250.0% 109,026 222,311
Total R vote: 56,630 (25.5%)      Total D vote: 165,656 (74.5%)      Total Other vote: 25 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $157,802 $7,743
Total Receipts: $281,331 $7,744
Cash on Hand: $258,235 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $125 $5
Loans by Candidate: $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $52,408 $5,764
Party Contributions: $690 $1,975
Other Committee Contributions: $206,320 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $2,095 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $2,095 $0
Net Spending: $159,897 $7,743

**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/08/1988

Campaign finance data for this election**:

James Oberstar*
Total Disbursements: $157,802
Total Receipts: $281,331
Cash on Hand: $258,235
Candidate Contributions: $125
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $52,408
Party Contributions: $690
Other Committee Contributions: $206,320
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $2,095
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $2,095
Net Spending: $159,897



Jerry Shuster
Total Disbursements: $7,743
Total Receipts: $7,744
Cash on Hand: $0
Candidate Contributions: $5
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $5,764
Party Contributions: $1,975
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $7,743



**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/08/1988


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jerry Shuster 10,608 61.2% $7,743
2   Mary Jane Rachner 6,716 38.8% $7,462
TOTAL VOTES 17,324    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   James Oberstar* 43,013 100.0% $157,802
TOTAL VOTES 43,013