| Parish | Joseph Cao (R) |
Bill Jefferson* (D) |
Mark Rahim (Green) |
Greogry Kahn (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Parish (pt.) | 12,696 | 60.1% | 8,099 | 38.3% | 156 | 0.7% | 175 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,597 | 21,126 | |||||||
| Orleans Parish (pt.) | 20,436 | 44.7% | 23,219 | 50.7% | 1,727 | 3.8% | 374 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | -2,783 | 45,756 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 33,132 | 49.5% | 31,318 | 46.8% | 1,883 | 2.8% | 549 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,814 | 66,882 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 33,132 (49.5%) Total D vote: 31,318 (46.8%) Total Other vote: 2,432 (3.6%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $234,560 | $342,245 | $945 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $242,530 | $350,866 | $10,985 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $7,970 | $1,164 | $10,040 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $3,000 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $68,218 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $149,452 | $279,235 | $7,985 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $2,760 | $48,800 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $19,100 | $14,500 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $7,253 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $51,433 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $7,253 | $-51,433 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $241,813 | $290,812 | $945 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
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**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
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Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Joseph Cao | |
| Total Disbursements: | $234,560 |
| Total Receipts: | $242,530 |
| Cash on Hand: | $7,970 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $68,218 |
| Individual Contributions: | $149,452 |
| Party Contributions: | $2,760 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $19,100 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $7,253 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $7,253 |
| Net Spending: | $241,813 |
| Bill Jefferson* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $342,245 |
| Total Receipts: | $350,866 |
| Cash on Hand: | $1,164 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $279,235 |
| Party Contributions: | $48,800 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $14,500 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $51,433 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-51,433 |
| Net Spending: | $290,812 |
| Mark Rahim | |
| Total Disbursements: | $945 |
| Total Receipts: | $10,985 |
| Cash on Hand: | $10,040 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $3,000 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $7,985 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $945 |
**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/LA/02/2008
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
No Republican primary | ||||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Bill Jefferson* | 17,510 | 25.3% | $342,245 |
| 2 | Helena Moreno | 13,795 | 19.9% | $349,341 |
| 3 | Cedric Richmond | 12,095 | 17.5% | $473,624 |
| 4 | James Carter | 9,286 | 13.4% | $341,988 |
| 5 | Byron Lee | 8,979 | 13.0% | $491,312 |
| 6 | Troy Carter | 5,797 | 8.4% | $125,973 |
| 7 | Kenya Smith | 1,749 | 2.5% | $100,831 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 69,211 | |||