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1988-11-08 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (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 Peter Kostmayer*
(D)
Ed Howard
(R)
Donald Ernsberger
(Libertarian)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 128,15356.8% 93,64841.5% 3,7651.7% 00.0% 34,505 225,566
Total R vote: 93,648 (41.5%)      Total D vote: 128,153 (56.8%)      Total Other vote: 3,765 (1.7%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,127,812 $507,682 $40,704
Total Receipts: $1,186,887 $506,241 $40,704
Cash on Hand: $77,225 $391 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $1,000 $910
Loans by Candidate: $0 $97,000 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $684,679 $320,019 $39,117
Party Contributions: $34,017 $36,549 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $418,821 $49,900 $600
Transfers from Other Committees: $38,200 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $3,571 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $1,313 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $2,258 $0 $0
Net Spending: $1,130,070 $507,682 $40,704

**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/08/1988

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Peter Kostmayer*
Total Disbursements: $1,127,812
Total Receipts: $1,186,887
Cash on Hand: $77,225
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $684,679
Party Contributions: $34,017
Other Committee Contributions: $418,821
Other Committee Transfers: $38,200
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $3,571
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $1,313
Net Independent Expenditures: $2,258
Net Spending: $1,130,070



Ed Howard
Total Disbursements: $507,682
Total Receipts: $506,241
Cash on Hand: $391
Candidate Contributions: $1,000
Candidate Loans: $97,000
Individual Contributions: $320,019
Party Contributions: $36,549
Other Committee Contributions: $49,900
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $507,682



Donald Ernsberger
Total Disbursements: $40,704
Total Receipts: $40,704
Cash on Hand: $0
Candidate Contributions: $910
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $39,117
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $600
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $40,704



**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/08/1988


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Ed Howard 27,555 77.7% $507,682
2   Henry Schickling 7,903 22.3%
TOTAL VOTES 35,458    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Peter Kostmayer* 34,298 89.7% $1,127,812
2   Edward Czyzyk 3,947 10.3%
TOTAL VOTES 38,245