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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Tennessee (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 Harold Ford*
(D)
Duncan Ragsdale
(R)
Richard Whitmore
(I)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 80,77669.7% 33,67929.1% 1,4601.3% 20.0% 47,097 115,917
Total R vote: 33,679 (29.1%)      Total D vote: 80,776 (69.7%)      Total Other vote: 1,462 (1.3%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $179,244 $12,372 $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/TN/08/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Harold Ford*
Total Disbursements: $179,244

**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/TN/08/1978

Duncan Ragsdale
Total Disbursements: $12,372

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Duncan Ragsdale 9,543 84.5%
2   Clarcy Smith 1,754 15.5%
    Other 1 0.0%
TOTAL VOTES 11,298  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Harold Ford* 54,235 80.6%
2   Mark Flanagan 13,093 19.4%
    Other 2 0.0%
TOTAL VOTES 67,330