| Turnout | Mary Landrieu* (D) |
John Kennedy (R) |
Richard Fontanesi (Libertarian) |
Jay Patel (I) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 51% | 3,480 | 38.0% | 5,338 | 58.4% | 148 | 1.6% | 88 | 1.0% | 94 | 1.0% | -1,858 | 9,148 |
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Other candidates included: Robert Stewart (I), 8,780 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Mary Landrieu* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $11,425,226 |
| Total Receipts: | $11,336,096 |
| Cash on Hand: | $16,476 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $24,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $7,063,509 |
| Party Contributions: | $42,583 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $3,350,819 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $584,974 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $54,900 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $3,133,842 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-3,078,942 |
| Net Spending: | $8,346,284 |
| John Kennedy | |
| Total Disbursements: | $4,984,104 |
| Total Receipts: | $5,018,585 |
| Cash on Hand: | $34,486 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $3,753,330 |
| Party Contributions: | $40,750 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $490,375 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $691,261 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $78,588 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $1,122,833 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-1,044,245 |
| Net Spending: | $3,939,859 |
**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/LA/2008