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

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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 John Lewis*
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
Clayton County (pt.)3,809100.0%00.0%3,809 3,809
DeKalb County (pt.)47,008100.0%120.0%46,996 47,020
Fulton County (pt.)180,551100.0%810.0%180,470 180,632
TOTAL 231,368100.0% 1060.0% 231,262 231,474
Total R vote: 0 (0.0%)      Total D vote: 231,368 (100.0%)      Total Other vote: 106 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,195,116
Total Receipts: $1,267,600
Cash on Hand: $370,287
Contributions by Candidate: $0
Loans by Candidate: $0
Total Individual Contributions: $398,463
Party Contributions: $55
Other Committee Contributions: $824,609
Transfers from Other Committees: $22,298
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $44,006
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $44,006
Net Spending: $1,239,122

**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/GA/05/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

John Lewis*
Total Disbursements: $1,195,116
Total Receipts: $1,267,600
Cash on Hand: $370,287
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $398,463
Party Contributions: $55
Other Committee Contributions: $824,609
Other Committee Transfers: $22,298
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $44,006
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $44,006
Net Spending: $1,239,122



**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/GA/05/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   John Lewis* 36,713 69.0% $1,195,116
2   Markel Hutchins 8,287 15.6% $10,715
3   Mable Thomas 8,185 15.4% $26,875
TOTAL VOTES 53,185