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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (District 03)

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



 
County Kathy Dahlkemper
(D)
Philip English*
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
Armstrong County (pt.)5,78342.4%7,84357.6%00.0%-2,060 13,626
Butler County (pt.)24,99048.1%26,94751.9%00.0%-1,957 51,937
Crawford County (pt.)14,45042.7%19,42457.3%00.0%-4,974 33,874
Erie County71,33256.6%54,66943.4%00.0%16,663 126,001
Mercer County (pt.)24,06251.7%22,51648.3%00.0%1,546 46,578
Venango County (pt.)1,06437.7%1,75662.3%00.0%-692 2,820
Warren County (pt.)5,16543.9%6,60256.1%00.0%-1,437 11,767
TOTAL 146,84651.2% 139,70748.8% 00.0% 7,139 286,553
Total R vote: 139,707 (48.8%)      Total D vote: 146,846 (51.2%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,301,842 $2,633,353
Total Receipts: $1,313,238 $2,659,971
Cash on Hand: $11,396 $26,661
Contributions by Candidate: $6,372 $0
Loans by Candidate: $216,300 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $618,683 $810,760
Party Contributions: $871 $12,700
Other Committee Contributions: $470,188 $1,805,388
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $17,117
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $836,759 $427,670
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $795,568 $1,269,746
Net Independent Expenditures: $41,191 $-842,076
Net Spending: $1,343,033 $1,791,277

**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/PA/03/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Kathy Dahlkemper
Total Disbursements: $1,301,842
Total Receipts: $1,313,238
Cash on Hand: $11,396
Candidate Contributions: $6,372
Candidate Loans: $216,300
Individual Contributions: $618,683
Party Contributions: $871
Other Committee Contributions: $470,188
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $836,759
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $795,568
Net Independent Expenditures: $41,191
Net Spending: $1,343,033



Philip English*
Total Disbursements: $2,633,353
Total Receipts: $2,659,971
Cash on Hand: $26,661
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $810,760
Party Contributions: $12,700
Other Committee Contributions: $1,805,388
Other Committee Transfers: $17,117
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $427,670
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $1,269,746
Net Independent Expenditures: $-842,076
Net Spending: $1,791,277



**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/PA/03/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Philip English* 42,636 100.0% $2,633,353
TOTAL VOTES 42,636    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Kathy Dahlkemper 43,858 44.9% $1,301,842
2   Kyle Foust 24,672 25.3% $137,998
3   Tom Myers 18,584 19.0% $264,307
4   Mike Waltner 10,532 10.8% $193,332
TOTAL VOTES 97,646