| Turnout | Lamar Alexander* (R) |
Robert Tuke (D) |
Edward Buck (I) |
Christopher Fenner (I) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 42% | 31,012 | 62.7% | 16,337 | 33.0% | 745 | 1.5% | 300 | 0.6% | 1,103 | 2.2% | 14,675 | 49,497 |
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Other candidates included: Daniel Lewis (I), 9,367 votes ; Chris Lugo (I), 9,170 votes ; Ed Lawhorn (I), 8,986 votes ; David Gatchell (I), 7,645 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Lamar Alexander* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $7,831,903 |
| Total Receipts: | $8,721,323 |
| Cash on Hand: | $1,459,801 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $4,600 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $5,880,755 |
| Party Contributions: | $368 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $2,223,587 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $508,030 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $1,610 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $1,610 |
| Net Spending: | $7,833,513 |
| Robert Tuke | |
| Total Disbursements: | $846,386 |
| Total Receipts: | $825,763 |
| Cash on Hand: | $253 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $780,077 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $45,685 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $1,607 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $1,607 |
| Net Spending: | $847,993 |
**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/TN/2008