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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Texas (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 Charlie Stenholm
(D)
Billy Lee Fisher
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 69,03068.1% 32,30231.9% 00.0% 36,728 101,332
Total R vote: 32,302 (31.9%)      Total D vote: 69,030 (68.1%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $331,516 $149,705
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/17/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Charlie Stenholm
Total Disbursements: $331,516

**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/17/1978

Billy Lee Fisher
Total Disbursements: $149,705

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Charlie Stenholm 36,527 35.9%
2   A.L. Rhodes 34,163 33.6%
3   Jim Baum 16,622 16.3%
4   Fike Godfrey 6,089 6.0%
5   Crews McCullough 3,892 3.8%
6   Jim Snowden 2,519 2.5%
7   James Sharp 1,994 2.0%
TOTAL VOTES 101,806  
Democrat Runoff
1   Charlie Stenholm 46,599 67.1%
2   A.L. Rhodes 22,865 32.9%