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1938-11-08 U.S. House Election Results for Michigan (District 16)

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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 John Lesinski*
(D)
John Casey
(R)
J.G. Betz
(Socialist)
Leonard Kolpacke
(Constitutional Democrat)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 49,10155.1% 39,62344.5% 1770.2% 1460.2% 700.1% 9,478 89,117
Total R vote: 39,623 (44.5%)      Total D vote: 49,101 (55.1%)      Total Other vote: 393 (0.4%)
* incumbent

Other candidates included: Joseph Vers (Socialist Labor), 70 votes


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Casey 8,449 33.1%
2   Clyde Ford 7,376 28.9%
3   Newton Hawkins 2,827 11.1%
4   Alexander Moore 2,742 10.7%
5   Al Conrad 1,408 5.5%
6   Ralph Guy 989 3.9%
7   Charles Keller 776 3.0%
8   George Miller 630 2.5%
9   Hector Reaume 334 1.3%
TOTAL VOTES 25,531  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Lesinski* 19,465 65.9%
2   Carl Oglesbee 3,627 12.3%
3   Richard Byrd 1,808 6.1%
4   Henry Gehringer 1,658 5.6%
5   Leon Nowodorski 1,447 4.9%
6   Ernest Broderick 1,183 4.0%
7   Leonard Kinast 346 1.2%
TOTAL VOTES 29,534