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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Texas (District 21)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
State:
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Tom Loeffler
(R)
Nelson Wolff
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 84,33657.0% 63,50143.0% 00.0% 20,835 147,837
Total R vote: 84,336 (57.0%)      Total D vote: 63,501 (43.0%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $402,299 $438,013
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/21/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Tom Loeffler
Total Disbursements: $402,299

**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/21/1978

Nelson Wolff
Total Disbursements: $438,013

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Tom Loeffler 8,779 59.4%
2   Wallace Larson 2,558 17.3%
3   Neil Calnan 2,007 13.6%
4   Bobby Locke 1,433 9.7%
TOTAL VOTES 14,777  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Nelson Wolff 49,172 51.9%
2   Woodrow Glasscock 27,842 29.4%
3   Joe Sullivan 11,512 12.2%
4   Steve Clark 4,113 4.3%
5   Paul Dahlgren 2,022 2.1%
TOTAL VOTES 94,661