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


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Winner
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Total Votes
District Boundaries



DistrictWinnerRunner-Up Other Total Votes
District 01 Les Aspin* (D) 77,146 54.5% William Petrie (R) 64,437 45.5% 2 0.0% 141,585
District 02 Robert Kastenmeier* (D) 99,631 57.7% James Wright (R) 71,412 41.3% 1,719 [+] 1.0% 172,762
District 03 Alvin Baldus* (D) 96,326 62.8% Michael Ellis (R) 57,060 37.2% 26 0.0% 153,412
District 04 Clement Zablocki* (D) 101,575 66.1% Elroy Honadel (R) 52,125 33.9% 3 0.0% 153,703
District 05 Henry Reuss* (D) 85,067 73.1% James Medina (R) 30,185 25.9% 1,168 [+] 1.0% 116,420
District 06 William Steiger* (R) 114,742 69.6% Robert Steffes (D) 48,785 29.6% 1,290 [+] 0.8% 164,817
District 07 David Obey* (D) 110,874 62.2% Vinton Vesta (R) 65,750 36.9% 1,680 [+] 0.9% 178,304
District 08 Toby Roth (R) 101,856 57.9% Robert Cornell* (D) 73,925 42.1% 10 0.0% 175,791
District 09 James Sensenbrenner (R) 118,386 61.1% Matt Flynn (D) 75,207 38.8% 95 0.0% 193,688
Total R vote: 675,953 (46.6%)      Total D vote: 768,536 (53.0%)

OfficeWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
Attorney General Bronson LaFollette* (D) 868,829 61.3% William Mattka (R) 533,943 37.7% 15,045 [+] 1.1% 1,417,817
Lt. Governor Russell Olson (R) 0 0.0% Douglas LaFollette (D) 0 0.0% 0 [+] 0.0% 0
Secretary of State Vel Phillips (D) 697,945 50.4% Frederic Seefeldt (R) 663,474 47.9% 24,272 [+] 1.8% 1,385,691
Treasurer Charles Smith* (D) 660,292 50.1% Harold Clemens (R) 650,713 49.4% 6,664 [+] 0.5% 1,317,669