CA-08 U.S. House election, 2012
In 2012, Paul Cook (Republican) received 103,093 votes in the U.S. House election in California's 8th district. Gregg Imus (Republican) received 76,551 votes, a margin of 26,542 votes. The file gives 179,644 votes counted in the race.
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