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1972-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Texas (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 Bob Eckhardt*
(D)		 Lewis Emerich
(R)		 Susan Ellis
(Socialist Workers)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 73,90964.6% 39,68634.7% 8470.7% 00.0% 34,223 114,442
Total R vote: 39,686 (34.7%)      Total D vote: 73,909 (64.6%)      Total Other vote: 847 (0.7%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Bob Eckhardt* 27,109 71.1%
2   David Shall 11,022 28.9%
TOTAL VOTES 38,131