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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (District 12)

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Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County John Murtha*
(D)		 Luther Elkin
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 104,21668.7% 47,44231.3% 00.0% 56,774 151,658
Total R vote: 47,442 (31.3%)      Total D vote: 104,216 (68.7%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $33,377 $15,175
Total Receipts: $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/PA/12/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

John Murtha*
Total Disbursements: $33,377

**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/12/1978

Luther Elkin
Total Disbursements: $15,175

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Democrat primary