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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (District 25)

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



 
County Eugene Atkinson
(D)
Tim Shaffer
(R)
Robert Morris
(I)
John Cook
(I)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 68,29346.5% 62,16042.3% 10,5887.2% 5,9074.0% 00.0% 6,133 146,948
Total R vote: 62,160 (42.3%)      Total D vote: 68,293 (46.5%)      Total Other vote: 16,495 (11.2%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $106,521 $91,294 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $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/25/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Eugene Atkinson
Total Disbursements: $106,521

**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/25/1978

Tim Shaffer
Total Disbursements: $91,294

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Tim Shaffer 16,327 38.8%
2   Raymond Saloom 8,580 20.4%
3   Herbert Gilbert 7,873 18.7%
4   D.O. Davies 5,461 13.0%
5   Joy Mazar 3,837 9.1%
TOTAL VOTES 42,078  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Eugene Atkinson 17,044 25.3%
2   Nick Colafella 9,966 14.8%
3   Jim Ross 8,606 12.8%
4   Thomas Shumaker 8,503 12.6%
5   Ralph Pratt 6,380 9.5%
6   John Hirt 6,238 9.2%
7   Frank Clark 4,344 6.4%
8   Robert Farber 2,284 3.4%
9   William Gallagher 1,883 2.8%
10   Nick Newcaster 1,493 2.2%
11   William Neel 712 1.1%
TOTAL VOTES 67,453