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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Alabama (District 05)

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



 
County Parker Griffith
(D)
Wayne Parker
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
Colbert County14,18458.4%10,04541.4%610.3%4,139 24,290
Jackson County10,82053.3%9,43446.5%450.2%1,386 20,299
Lauderdale County20,06853.7%17,21546.0%1220.3%2,853 37,405
Lawrence County8,13956.5%6,23643.3%320.2%1,903 14,407
Limestone County14,31143.5%18,46356.1%1140.3%-4,152 32,888
Madison County75,69250.6%72,62048.6%1,1760.8%3,072 149,488
Morgan County (pt.)13,42850.1%13,30149.6%940.4%127 26,823
TOTAL 158,32451.5% 147,31447.9% 1,6440.5% 11,010 307,282
Total R vote: 147,314 (47.9%)      Total D vote: 158,324 (51.5%)      Total Other vote: 1,644 (0.5%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,786,992 $1,276,539
Total Receipts: $1,843,947 $1,456,464
Cash on Hand: $56,955 $179,924
Contributions by Candidate: $180,000 $10,000
Loans by Candidate: $250,000 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $718,872 $863,699
Party Contributions: $200 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $691,450 $362,907
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $219,785
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $556,684 $64,512
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $499,857 $541,645
Net Independent Expenditures: $56,827 $-477,133
Net Spending: $1,843,819 $799,406

**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/05/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Parker Griffith
Total Disbursements: $1,786,992
Total Receipts: $1,843,947
Cash on Hand: $56,955
Candidate Contributions: $180,000
Candidate Loans: $250,000
Individual Contributions: $718,872
Party Contributions: $200
Other Committee Contributions: $691,450
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $556,684
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $499,857
Net Independent Expenditures: $56,827
Net Spending: $1,843,819



Wayne Parker
Total Disbursements: $1,276,539
Total Receipts: $1,456,464
Cash on Hand: $179,924
Candidate Contributions: $10,000
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $863,699
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $362,907
Other Committee Transfers: $219,785
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $64,512
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $541,645
Net Independent Expenditures: $-477,133
Net Spending: $799,406



**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/05/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Wayne Parker 18,515 48.8% $1,276,539
2   Cheryl Baswell-Guthrie 6,942 18.3% $773,971
3   Doc Mancuso 6,161 16.2% $147,619
4   Ray McKee 3,342 8.8% $116,167
5   George Barry 2,274 6.0% $20,423
6   Mark Huff 707 1.9%
TOTAL VOTES 37,941    
Republican Runoff
1   Wayne Parker 16,031 78.7%  
2   Cheryl Guthrie 4,330 21.3%  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Parker Griffith 34,543 89.9% $1,786,992
2   David Maker 3,874 10.1%
TOTAL VOTES 38,417