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  NJ District 08
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Parents > United States > New Jersey > NJ - District 08
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1940 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 05, 1940 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 1940 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 1941 - 08:00am
Term End January 03, 1943 - 08:00am
ContributorRMF
Last ModifiedRMF March 22, 2010 08:56pm
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Description Sommers ran as a "Fifteen Dollar Pension" candidate.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/08/1938
NameGeorge N. Seger Votes61,988 (59.21%)
Term01/03/1939 - 08/26/1940 Margin19,958 (+19.06%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/03/1942
NameGordon Canfield Votes56,582 (66.56%)
Term01/03/1943 - 01/03/1945 Margin28,522 (+33.55%)
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Name Gordon Canfield Addison P. Rosenkrans William Sommers Henry Lun Donald Feenstra Stephen J. Knechtle  
PartyRepublican Democratic Old Age Pension Socialist Labor National Prohibition Independent  
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Certified Votes 72,197 (58.61%) 50,622 (41.10%) 163 (0.13%) 134 (0.11%) 45 (0.04%) 19 (0.02%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -21,575 (-17.52%) -72,034 (-58.48%) -72,063 (-58.50%) -72,152 (-58.57%) -72,178 (-58.60%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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