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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Illinois (District 08)

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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 Melissa Bean*
(D)
Steve Greenberg
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
Cook County (pt.)53,90965.5%28,40534.5%00.0%25,504 82,314
Lake County (pt.)97,22959.9%64,97340.1%00.0%32,256 162,202
McHenry County (pt.)28,30655.5%22,70344.5%00.0%5,603 51,009
TOTAL 179,44460.7% 116,08139.3% 00.0% 63,363 295,525
Total R vote: 116,081 (39.3%)      Total D vote: 179,444 (60.7%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $2,986,006 $990,576
Total Receipts: $3,107,770 $991,548
Cash on Hand: $183,708 $971
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $10,000
Loans by Candidate: $0 $78,697
Total Individual Contributions: $1,377,349 $787,273
Party Contributions: $809 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $1,714,779 $114,653
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $646 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $43,308 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $-42,662 $0
Net Spending: $2,943,344 $990,576

**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/IL/08/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Melissa Bean*
Total Disbursements: $2,986,006
Total Receipts: $3,107,770
Cash on Hand: $183,708
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $1,377,349
Party Contributions: $809
Other Committee Contributions: $1,714,779
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $646
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $43,308
Net Independent Expenditures: $-42,662
Net Spending: $2,943,344



Steve Greenberg
Total Disbursements: $990,576
Total Receipts: $991,548
Cash on Hand: $971
Candidate Contributions: $10,000
Candidate Loans: $78,697
Individual Contributions: $787,273
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $114,653
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $990,576



**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/IL/08/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Steve Greenberg 29,261 57.2% $990,576
2   Kirk Morris 11,640 22.7% $86,849
3   Ken Arnold 10,289 20.1% $42,936
TOTAL VOTES 51,190    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Melissa Bean* 64,255 83.2% $2,986,006
2   Randi Scheurer 12,968 16.8%
TOTAL VOTES 77,223