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1980-11-04 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)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 110,13999.9% 680.1% 110,071 110,207
Total R vote: 0 (0.0%)      Total D vote: 110,139 (99.9%)      Total Other vote: 68 (0.1%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $177,447
Total Receipts: $156,813
Cash on Hand: $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0
Loans by Candidate: $0
Total Individual Contributions: $0
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $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/08/1980

Campaign finance data for this election**:

**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/08/1980

Harold Ford*
Total Disbursements: $177,447
Total Receipts: $156,813
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   William Lawson 4,259 57.2%
2   William Thompson 3,191 42.8%
TOTAL VOTES 7,450    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Harold Ford* 40,825 72.7% $177,447
2   Minerva Johnican 11,337 20.2%
3   Mark Flanagan 2,982 5.3%
4   Jack Theobald 996 1.8%
    Other 1 0.0%  
TOTAL VOTES 56,141