| Turnout | Kay Hagan (D) |
Elizabeth Dole* (R) |
Christopher Cole (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 55% | 23,967 | 48.5% | 24,377 | 49.3% | 1,059 | 2.1% | 0 | 0.0% | -410 | 49,415 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Kay Hagan | |
| Total Disbursements: | $8,953,274 |
| Total Receipts: | $8,977,412 |
| Cash on Hand: | $24,136 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $420,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $7,254,212 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $920,069 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $367,596 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $533,343 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $6,031,437 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-5,498,094 |
| Net Spending: | $3,455,180 |
| Elizabeth Dole* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $20,205,245 |
| Total Receipts: | $20,144,728 |
| Cash on Hand: | $45,206 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $143,896 |
| Candidate Loans: | $3,000,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $13,441,396 |
| Party Contributions: | $52,763 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $2,637,840 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $614,578 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $624,339 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $11,220,267 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-10,595,928 |
| Net Spending: | $9,609,317 |
**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/NC/2008