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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for California (District 24)

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



 
County Henry Waxman*
(D)		 Howard Schaefer
(R)		 Kevin Peters
(Peace & Freedom)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 85,07562.7% 44,24332.6% 6,4534.8% 00.0% 40,832 135,771
Total R vote: 44,243 (32.6%)      Total D vote: 85,075 (62.7%)      Total Other vote: 6,453 (4.8%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $26,019 $48,400 $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/CA/24/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Henry Waxman*
Total Disbursements: $26,019

**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/CA/24/1978

Howard Schaefer
Total Disbursements: $48,400

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Howard Schaefer 23,216 68.3%
2   Roland Cayard 10,762 31.7%
TOTAL VOTES 33,978  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Henry Waxman* 58,551 80.5%
2   Jim Massey 14,174 19.5%
TOTAL VOTES 72,725