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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Alabama (District 02)

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Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Bobby Bright
(D)
Jay Love
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
Autauga County9,51840.8%13,79159.1%310.1%-4,273 23,340
Barbour County6,90160.7%4,44739.1%130.1%2,454 11,361
Bullock County4,21379.4%1,08720.5%60.1%3,126 5,306
Butler County5,62359.0%3,90340.9%100.1%1,720 9,536
Coffee County8,06340.8%11,69059.1%330.2%-3,627 19,786
Conecuh County4,11662.8%2,43337.1%70.1%1,683 6,556
Covington County6,24540.4%9,20159.5%210.1%-2,956 15,467
Crenshaw County3,19751.7%2,97948.2%40.1%218 6,180
Dale County8,73845.9%10,26954.0%270.1%-1,531 19,034
Elmore County13,42539.7%20,37960.2%530.2%-6,954 33,857
Geneva County4,40438.4%7,04861.4%210.2%-2,644 11,473
Henry County4,16449.0%4,32950.9%120.1%-165 8,505
Houston County16,95941.2%24,07558.6%820.2%-7,116 41,116
Lowndes County5,66979.4%1,46620.5%30.0%4,203 7,138
Montgomery County (pt.)35,51064.6%19,36935.2%1150.2%16,141 54,994
Pike County7,62355.5%6,11244.5%100.1%1,511 13,745
TOTAL 144,36850.2% 142,57849.6% 4480.2% 1,790 287,394
Total R vote: 142,578 (49.6%)      Total D vote: 144,368 (50.2%)      Total Other vote: 448 (0.2%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,193,169 $2,444,632
Total Receipts: $1,236,102 $2,446,494
Cash on Hand: $42,933 $1,862
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $100 $947,500
Total Individual Contributions: $679,056 $791,263
Party Contributions: $1,000 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $537,767 $560,324
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $141,868
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $629,512 $10,473
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $591,618 $623,669
Net Independent Expenditures: $37,894 $-613,196
Net Spending: $1,231,063 $1,831,436

**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/house/AL/02/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Bobby Bright
Total Disbursements: $1,193,169
Total Receipts: $1,236,102
Cash on Hand: $42,933
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $100
Individual Contributions: $679,056
Party Contributions: $1,000
Other Committee Contributions: $537,767
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $629,512
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $591,618
Net Independent Expenditures: $37,894
Net Spending: $1,231,063



Jay Love
Total Disbursements: $2,444,632
Total Receipts: $2,446,494
Cash on Hand: $1,862
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $947,500
Individual Contributions: $791,263
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $560,324
Other Committee Transfers: $141,868
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $10,473
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $623,669
Net Independent Expenditures: $-613,196
Net Spending: $1,831,436



**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/house/AL/02/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jay Love 20,131 35.5% $2,444,632
2   Harri Anne Smith 12,349 21.8% $1,035,358
3   Craig Schmidtke 11,350 20.0% $800,939
4   David Woods 9,757 17.2% $404,251
5   David Grimes 2,324 4.1% $30,897
6   John Martin 824 1.5% $13,033
TOTAL VOTES 56,735    
Republican Runoff
1   Jay Love 24,725 53.1%  
2   Harri Anne Smith 21,827 46.9%  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Bobby Bright 19,456 66.6% $1,193,169
2   Cendie Crawley 5,110 17.5% $9,574
3   Cheryl Sabel 4,631 15.9% $27,506
TOTAL VOTES 29,197