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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Texas (District 14)

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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 Joe Wyatt
(D)
Joy Yates
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 63,95372.4% 24,32527.6% 00.0% 39,628 88,278
Total R vote: 24,325 (27.6%)      Total D vote: 63,953 (72.4%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $310,890 $10,766
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/TX/14/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Joe Wyatt
Total Disbursements: $310,890

**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/TX/14/1978

Joy Yates
Total Disbursements: $10,766

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Joe Wyatt 34,812 42.4%
2   John Young* 30,871 37.6%
3   Jason Luby 16,383 20.0%
TOTAL VOTES 82,066  
Democrat Runoff
1   Joe Wyatt 36,409 55.7%
2   John Young* 28,905 44.3%