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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for New York (District 15)

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



 
County Leo Zeferetti*
(D,C)		 Robert Whelan
(R)		 Ronald Seminara
(Liberal)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 49,27268.1% 20,50828.4% 2,5513.5% 00.0% 28,764 72,331
Total R vote: 20,508 (28.4%)      Total D vote: 49,272 (68.1%)      Total Other vote: 2,551 (3.5%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $67,960 $15,028 $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/NY/15/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Leo Zeferetti*
Total Disbursements: $67,960

**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/NY/15/1978

Robert Whelan
Total Disbursements: $15,028

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Robert Whelan 2,044 65.5%
2   Vito Battista 1,077 34.5%
TOTAL VOTES 3,121  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Leo Zeferetti* 11,722 73.8%
2   Joseph Seminara 4,154 26.2%
TOTAL VOTES 15,876