| County | Jim Himes (D,WF) |
Chris Shays* (R) |
Michael Carrano (Libertarian) |
Richard Duffee (Green) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 158,475 | 51.3% | 146,854 | 47.6% | 2,049 | 0.7% | 1,388 | 0.4% | 10 | 0.0% | 11,621 | 308,776 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 146,854 (47.6%) Total D vote: 158,475 (51.3%) Total Other vote: 3,447 (1.1%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $3,909,942 | $3,828,305 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $3,940,033 | $3,774,745 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $30,091 | $7,983 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $28,789 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $498,300 | $22,000 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $2,957,593 | $2,708,011 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $162 | $15,450 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $411,844 | $953,691 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $662 | $10,361 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $658,715 | $1,052,221 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $642,259 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $658,715 | $409,962 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $4,568,657 | $4,238,267 | $0 | $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**:
| Jim Himes | |
| Total Disbursements: | $3,909,942 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,940,033 |
| Cash on Hand: | $30,091 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $28,789 |
| Candidate Loans: | $498,300 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,957,593 |
| Party Contributions: | $162 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $411,844 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $662 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $658,715 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $658,715 |
| Net Spending: | $4,568,657 |
| Chris Shays* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $3,828,305 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,774,745 |
| Cash on Hand: | $7,983 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $22,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,708,011 |
| Party Contributions: | $15,450 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $953,691 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $10,361 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $1,052,221 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $642,259 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $409,962 |
| Net Spending: | $4,238,267 |
**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/CT/04/2008
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
No Republican primary | ||||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Jim Himes | 12,260 | 87.0% | $3,909,942 |
| 2 | Lee Whitnum | 1,840 | 13.0% | $9,038 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 14,100 | |||