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1976-11-02 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (District 08)

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



 
County Peter Kostmayer
(D)
John Renninger
(R)
Robert Graham
(Constitution)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 93,85549.5% 92,54348.8% 3,2251.7% 00.0% 1,312 189,623
Total R vote: 92,543 (48.8%)      Total D vote: 93,855 (49.5%)      Total Other vote: 3,225 (1.7%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $58,481 $80,612 $0
Total Receipts: $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/PA/08/1976

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Peter Kostmayer
Total Disbursements: $58,481

**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/PA/08/1976

John Renninger
Total Disbursements: $80,612

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Renninger 13,552 34.0%
2   James Wright 12,862 32.3%
3   James Kiel 6,228 15.6%
4   William Duff 6,073 15.2%
5   Duncan Beaton 1,109 2.8%
TOTAL VOTES 39,824  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Peter Kostmayer 12,842 36.4%
2   Joseph Pavlak 9,449 26.8%
3   Wynne James 5,511 15.6%
4   Stephen Lahoda 4,146 11.8%
5   Edward Kelly 3,296 9.4%
TOTAL VOTES 35,244