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

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
State:
Congressional District:
(House elections)


Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Lee Terry*
(R)
Jim Esch
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
Douglas County112,05550.2%111,27649.8%00.0%779 223,331
Sarpy County (pt.)30,41859.6%20,62540.4%00.0%9,793 51,043
TOTAL 142,47351.9% 131,90148.1% 00.0% 10,572 274,374
Total R vote: 142,473 (51.9%)      Total D vote: 131,901 (48.1%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,838,842 $843,518
Total Receipts: $1,746,230 $854,546
Cash on Hand: $59,233 $4,685
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $10,000
Total Individual Contributions: $812,985 $643,625
Party Contributions: $9,915 $3,476
Other Committee Contributions: $805,076 $196,269
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $18,444 $485,431
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $373,569 $563,386
Net Independent Expenditures: $-355,125 $-77,955
Net Spending: $1,483,717 $765,563

**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/NE/02/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Lee Terry*
Total Disbursements: $1,838,842
Total Receipts: $1,746,230
Cash on Hand: $59,233
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $812,985
Party Contributions: $9,915
Other Committee Contributions: $805,076
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $18,444
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $373,569
Net Independent Expenditures: $-355,125
Net Spending: $1,483,717



Jim Esch
Total Disbursements: $843,518
Total Receipts: $854,546
Cash on Hand: $4,685
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $10,000
Individual Contributions: $643,625
Party Contributions: $3,476
Other Committee Contributions: $196,269
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $485,431
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $563,386
Net Independent Expenditures: $-77,955
Net Spending: $765,563



**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/NE/02/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Lee Terry* 23,146 84.4% $1,838,842
2   Steven Laird 4,288 15.6%
TOTAL VOTES 27,434    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jim Esch 21,197 80.5% $843,518
2   Richard Carter 5,131 19.5% $4,056
TOTAL VOTES 26,328