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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Wisconsin (District 07)

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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 David Obey*
(D)
Dan Mielke
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
Ashland County6,00972.5%2,27227.4%50.1%3,737 8,286
Barron County13,11458.9%9,13241.0%200.1%3,982 22,266
Bayfield County6,25867.4%3,02632.6%30.0%3,232 9,287
Burnett County4,73556.4%3,65843.6%10.0%1,077 8,394
Chippewa County18,58963.2%10,81236.8%120.0%7,777 29,413
Clark County (pt.)3,29359.2%2,27140.8%10.0%1,022 5,565
Douglas County16,68771.2%6,74628.8%150.1%9,941 23,448
Iron County2,05563.3%1,19436.7%00.0%861 3,249
Langlade County (pt.)4,26657.7%3,12642.2%70.1%1,140 7,399
Lincoln County8,57856.9%6,49043.0%100.1%2,088 15,078
Marathon County37,09355.4%29,77944.5%510.1%7,314 66,923
Oneida County (pt.)7,41166.2%3,76033.6%220.2%3,651 11,193
Polk County11,92954.8%9,84545.2%130.1%2,084 21,787
Portage County25,42667.4%12,24732.5%510.1%13,179 37,724
Price County5,11663.9%2,89436.1%10.0%2,222 8,011
Rusk County4,47863.4%2,57836.5%30.0%1,900 7,059
Sawyer County4,93657.5%3,64742.5%30.0%1,289 8,586
Taylor County4,99154.5%4,15745.4%20.0%834 9,150
Washburn County4,90756.0%3,85144.0%10.0%1,056 8,759
Wood County22,79559.6%15,45340.4%120.0%7,342 38,260
TOTAL 212,66660.8% 136,93839.1% 2330.1% 75,728 349,837
Total R vote: 136,938 (39.1%)      Total D vote: 212,666 (60.8%)      Total Other vote: 233 (0.1%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,560,235 $92,503
Total Receipts: $1,749,168 $93,683
Cash on Hand: $654,311 $1,179
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $32,433
Loans by Candidate: $0 $5,137
Total Individual Contributions: $667,156 $48,362
Party Contributions: $0 $6,450
Other Committee Contributions: $1,065,635 $1,300
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0 $0
Net Spending: $1,560,235 $92,503

**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/WI/07/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

David Obey*
Total Disbursements: $1,560,235
Total Receipts: $1,749,168
Cash on Hand: $654,311
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $667,156
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $1,065,635
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $1,560,235



Dan Mielke
Total Disbursements: $92,503
Total Receipts: $93,683
Cash on Hand: $1,179
Candidate Contributions: $32,433
Candidate Loans: $5,137
Individual Contributions: $48,362
Party Contributions: $6,450
Other Committee Contributions: $1,300
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $92,503



**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/WI/07/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Dan Mielke 8,208 100.0% $92,503
TOTAL VOTES 8,208    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   David Obey* 25,100 100.0% $1,560,235
TOTAL VOTES 25,100