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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (District 18)

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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 Doug Walgren*
(D)
Ted Jacob
(R)
James Gelvin
(Labor)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 88,29957.1% 65,08842.1% 1,2840.8% 00.0% 23,211 154,671
Total R vote: 65,088 (42.1%)      Total D vote: 88,299 (57.1%)      Total Other vote: 1,284 (0.8%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $171,756 $187,926 $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/PA/18/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Doug Walgren*
Total Disbursements: $171,756

**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/PA/18/1978

Ted Jacob
Total Disbursements: $187,926

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Doug Walgren* 46,240 77.2%
2   Robert J. Casey 13,626 22.8%
TOTAL VOTES 59,866