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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for California (District 43)

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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 Clair Burgener*
(R)
Ruben Brooks
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 167,15068.7% 76,30831.3% 00.0% 90,842 243,458
Total R vote: 167,150 (68.7%)      Total D vote: 76,308 (31.3%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $90,072 $8,511
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/43/1978

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Clair Burgener*
Total Disbursements: $90,072

**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/43/1978

Ruben Brooks
Total Disbursements: $8,511

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Clair Burgener* 84,234 75.7%
2   Martin Kinkade 27,106 24.3%
TOTAL VOTES 111,340  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Ruben Brooks 29,748 38.0%
2   Edward Skagen 26,396 33.7%
3   Lee Stout 13,015 16.6%
4   Thomas Gilmore 9,177 11.7%
TOTAL VOTES 78,336