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1986-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (District 12)

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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 John Murtha*
(D)
Kathy Holtzman
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 97,13567.4% 46,93732.6% 00.0% 50,198 144,072
Total R vote: 46,937 (32.6%)      Total D vote: 97,135 (67.4%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $272,436 $0
Total Receipts: $371,308 $0
Cash on Hand: $206,198 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $0 $0
Party Contributions: $0 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $245,705 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $6,941 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $6,941 $0
Net Spending: $279,377 $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/12/1986

Campaign finance data for this election**:

John Murtha*
Total Disbursements: $272,436
Total Receipts: $371,308
Cash on Hand: $206,198
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $0
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $245,705
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $6,941
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $6,941
Net Spending: $279,377



**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/12/1986


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   John Murtha* 44,280 81.0% $272,436
2   Christopher Lewis 10,412 19.0%
TOTAL VOTES 54,692