Turnout | Jeff Merkley (D) |
Gordon Smith* (R) |
David Brownlow (Constitution) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TOTAL | 60% | 111,367 | 48.8% | 106,114 | 46.5% | 9,886 | 4.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 5,253 | 228,045 |
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