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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for California (District 38)

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



 
County Jerry Patterson*
(D)
Don Goedecke
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 75,47158.6% 53,29841.4% 00.0% 22,173 128,769
Total R vote: 53,298 (41.4%)      Total D vote: 75,471 (58.6%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $134,557 $61,319
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/CA/38/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Jerry Patterson*
Total Disbursements: $134,557

**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/38/1978

Don Goedecke
Total Disbursements: $61,319

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Don Goedecke 12,393 29.9%
2   David Balsiger 11,414 27.6%
3   Joe Maher 9,068 21.9%
4   Andrew Erdely 8,526 20.6%
TOTAL VOTES 41,401  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Jerry Patterson* 53,627 100.0%
TOTAL VOTES 53,627