| County | Joe Barton* (R) |
Ludwig Otto (D) |
Max Koch (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis County | 37,930 | 71.7% | 13,503 | 25.5% | 1,495 | 2.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 24,427 | 52,928 | |||||||||
| Freestone County | 5,015 | 71.3% | 1,916 | 27.2% | 102 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,099 | 7,033 | |||||||||
| Houston County | 5,724 | 68.8% | 2,457 | 29.5% | 134 | 1.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,267 | 8,315 | |||||||||
| Leon County | 5,214 | 78.8% | 1,286 | 19.4% | 120 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,928 | 6,620 | |||||||||
| Limestone County (pt.) | 2,505 | 64.1% | 1,357 | 34.7% | 47 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,148 | 3,909 | |||||||||
| Navarro County | 10,404 | 67.4% | 4,769 | 30.9% | 270 | 1.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 5,635 | 15,443 | |||||||||
| Tarrant County (pt.) | 105,730 | 57.4% | 73,961 | 40.2% | 4,429 | 2.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 31,769 | 184,120 | |||||||||
| Trinity County (pt.) | 1,486 | 67.1% | 670 | 30.3% | 58 | 2.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 816 | 2,214 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 174,008 | 62.0% | 99,919 | 35.6% | 6,655 | 2.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 74,089 | 280,582 | |||||||||
| Total R vote: 174,008 (62.0%) Total D vote: 99,919 (35.6%) Total Other vote: 6,655 (2.4%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $1,934,771 | $29,634 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $1,517,025 | $29,568 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $1,400,599 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $15,904 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $668,870 | $2,984 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $2,000 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,340,597 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $20 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $20 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $1,934,791 | $29,634 | $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.
|
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Joe Barton* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,934,771 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,517,025 |
| Cash on Hand: | $1,400,599 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $668,870 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,340,597 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $20 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $20 |
| Net Spending: | $1,934,791 |
| Ludwig Otto | |
| Total Disbursements: | $29,634 |
| Total Receipts: | $29,568 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $15,904 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,984 |
| Party Contributions: | $2,000 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $29,634 |
**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/TX/06/2008
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Joe Barton* | 42,054 | 100.0% | $1,934,771 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 42,054 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Ludwig Otto | 33,021 | 50.8% | $29,634 |
| 2 | Steve Bush | 31,959 | 49.2% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 64,980 | |||