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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Illinois (District 16)

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Election Year:
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 Anderson*
(R)		 Ernest Dahlin
(D)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 76,75265.4% 40,47134.5% 860.1% 36,281 117,309
Total R vote: 76,752 (65.4%)      Total D vote: 40,471 (34.5%)      Total Other vote: 86 (0.1%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $232,379 $17,257
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/IL/16/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

John Anderson*
Total Disbursements: $232,379

**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/IL/16/1978

Ernest Dahlin
Total Disbursements: $17,257

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Anderson* 43,055 57.9%
2   Don Lyon 31,266 42.1%
    Other 2 0.0%
TOTAL VOTES 74,323  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Democrat primary