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1988-11-08 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (District 23)

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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 Bill Clinger*
(R)
Howard Shakespeare
(D)
William Smolik
(Populist)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 105,57562.0% 63,47637.3% 1,1090.7% 00.0% 42,099 170,160
Total R vote: 105,575 (62.0%)      Total D vote: 63,476 (37.3%)      Total Other vote: 1,109 (0.7%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $336,774 $106,463 $0
Total Receipts: $405,262 $108,104 $0
Cash on Hand: $73,800 $1,641 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $95,764 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $203,654 $12,090 $0
Party Contributions: $4,042 $250 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $189,036 $0 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0 $0 $0
Net Spending: $336,774 $106,463 $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/23/1988

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Bill Clinger*
Total Disbursements: $336,774
Total Receipts: $405,262
Cash on Hand: $73,800
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $203,654
Party Contributions: $4,042
Other Committee Contributions: $189,036
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $336,774



Howard Shakespeare
Total Disbursements: $106,463
Total Receipts: $108,104
Cash on Hand: $1,641
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $95,764
Individual Contributions: $12,090
Party Contributions: $250
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $106,463



**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/23/1988


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Howard Shakespeare 20,202 52.2% $106,463
2   Joseph Calla 18,504 47.8% $2,056
TOTAL VOTES 38,706