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1978Final results

1978 election for Kansas House District 7

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Larry Erne (D) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating Howard C. Funk (R) by 19.5 points.

Larry ErneDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.7%2,677
Howard C. FunkRepublican
40.3%1,805
4,482 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1978

Races before and after

EvenD+19.51978D+14.71986D+10.41992D+11.21994D+23.21998D+49.32000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET