| Turnout | Mitch McConnell* (R) |
Bruce Lunsford (D) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 53% | 3,032 | 63.1% | 1,772 | 36.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,260 | 4,804 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Mitch McConnell* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $23,282,998 |
| Total Receipts: | $22,940,153 |
| Cash on Hand: | $87,972 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $1,391,275 |
| Candidate Loans: | $2,086,275 |
| Individual Contributions: | $12,699,933 |
| Party Contributions: | $46,897 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $4,945,029 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $1,407,349 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $397,587 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $3,859,968 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-3,462,381 |
| Net Spending: | $19,820,617 |
| Bruce Lunsford | |
| Total Disbursements: | $10,801,203 |
| Total Receipts: | $10,883,172 |
| Cash on Hand: | $81,967 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $15,159 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,792,748 |
| Party Contributions: | $2,850 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $421,285 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $52,374 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $53,563 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $53,563 |
| Net Spending: | $10,854,766 |
**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/KY/2008