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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Virginia (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 Herbert Harris*
(D)		 John Herrity
(R)		 Charles Coe
(I)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 56,13750.5% 52,39647.1% 2,6322.4% 50.0% 3,741 111,170
Total R vote: 52,396 (47.1%)      Total D vote: 56,137 (50.5%)      Total Other vote: 2,637 (2.4%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $164,352 $223,973 $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/VA/08/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Herbert Harris*
Total Disbursements: $164,352

**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/VA/08/1978

John Herrity
Total Disbursements: $223,973

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Herrity 9,360 52.4%
2   Robert Thoburn 5,458 30.6%
3   Robert Harris 3,043 17.0%
TOTAL VOTES 17,861  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Democrat primary