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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for New Jersey (All Districts)


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Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



DistrictWinnerRunner-Up Other Total Votes
District 01 Jim Florio* (D) 106,096 79.4% Robert Deitch (R) 26,853 20.1% 671 [+] 0.5% 133,620
District 02 William Hughes* (D) 112,768 66.4% James Biggs (R) 56,997 33.6% 0 0.0% 169,765
District 03 James Howard* (D) 83,349 56.0% Bruce Coe (R) 64,730 43.5% 876 [+] 0.6% 148,955
District 04 Frank Thompson* (D) 69,259 61.1% Chris Smith (R) 41,833 36.9% 2,290 [+] 2.0% 113,382
District 05 Millicent Fenwick* (R) 100,739 72.6% John Fahy (D) 38,108 27.4% 0 0.0% 138,847
District 06 Edwin Forsythe* (R) 89,446 60.4% Thomas McGann (D) 56,874 38.4% 1,864 [+] 1.3% 148,184
District 07 Andrew Maguire* (D) 78,358 52.5% Marge Roukema (R) 69,543 46.6% 1,217 [+] 0.8% 149,118
District 08 Robert Roe* (D) 69,496 74.5% Thomas Melani (R) 23,842 25.5% 0 0.0% 93,338
District 09 Harold Hollenbeck* (R) 73,478 48.9% Nicholas Mastorelli (D) 56,888 37.9% 19,789 [+] 13.2% 150,155
District 10 Peter Rodino* (D) 55,074 86.4% John Pelt (R) 8,066 12.6% 637 [+] 1.0% 63,777
District 11 Joseph Minish* (D) 88,294 70.5% Julius Feld (R) 35,642 28.5% 1,238 [+] 1.0% 125,174
District 12 Matthew Rinaldo* (R) 94,850 73.4% Richard McCormack (D) 34,423 26.6% 0 0.0% 129,273
District 13 Jim Courter (R) 77,301 51.8% Helen Meyner* (D) 71,808 48.2% 0 0.0% 149,109
District 14 Frank Guarini (D) 67,008 63.6% Henry Hill (R) 21,355 20.3% 16,977 [+] 16.1% 105,340
District 15 Edward Patten* (D) 55,944 48.3% Charles Wiley (R) 53,108 45.8% 6,834 [+] 5.9% 115,886
Total R vote: 837,783 (43.3%)      Total D vote: 1,043,747 (54.0%)