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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for New York (District 17)

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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 Murphy*
(D)		 John Peters
(R,C)		 Thomas Stokes
(Liberal)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 54,22854.2% 33,07133.1% 12,66212.7% 00.0% 21,157 99,961
Total R vote: 33,071 (33.1%)      Total D vote: 54,228 (54.2%)      Total Other vote: 12,662 (12.7%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $190,048 $45,525 $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/17/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

John Murphy*
Total Disbursements: $190,048

**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/17/1978

John Peters
Total Disbursements: $45,525

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Murphy* 11,179 45.7%
2   Thomas Stokes 7,565 30.9%
3   Nicholas DeMartino 3,158 12.9%
4   Peter Murray 2,551 10.4%
TOTAL VOTES 24,453