| Turnout | Jeff Merkley (D) |
Gordon Smith* (R) |
David Brownlow (Constitution) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 59% | 12,621 | 42.3% | 14,838 | 49.7% | 2,319 | 7.8% | 0 | 0.0% | -2,217 | 29,845 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Jeff Merkley | |
| Total Disbursements: | $6,501,315 |
| Total Receipts: | $6,512,231 |
| Cash on Hand: | $11,226 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $250,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $5,205,012 |
| Party Contributions: | $40,900 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $708,040 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $296,007 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $679,141 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $5,306,217 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-4,627,076 |
| Net Spending: | $1,874,239 |
| Gordon Smith* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $13,941,337 |
| Total Receipts: | $13,609,610 |
| Cash on Hand: | $75,663 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $15 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $8,268,961 |
| Party Contributions: | $41,169 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $4,306,741 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $830,693 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $650,713 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $14,334,696 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-13,683,983 |
| Net Spending: | $257,354 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/OR/2008