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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (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 Patrick Murphy*
(D)
Tom Manion
(R)
Tom Lingenfelter
(I)
Other Margin TOTAL
Bucks County181,99356.0%137,77542.4%5,3931.7%00.0%44,218 325,161
Montgomery County (pt.)6,06569.9%2,55029.4%580.7%00.0%3,515 8,673
Philadelphia County (pt.)9,81166.8%4,77832.5%920.6%00.0%5,033 14,681
TOTAL 197,86956.8% 145,10341.6% 5,5431.6% 00.0% 52,766 348,515
Total R vote: 145,103 (41.6%)      Total D vote: 197,869 (56.8%)      Total Other vote: 5,543 (1.6%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $3,917,418 $1,138,050 $0
Total Receipts: $3,964,707 $1,143,295 $0
Cash on Hand: $61,911 $5,245 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $2,709,555 $890,248 $0
Party Contributions: $2,131 $12,300 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $1,157,267 $223,290 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $45,064 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $10,353 $2,022 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $105,087 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $-94,734 $2,022 $0
Net Spending: $3,822,684 $1,140,072 $0

**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/PA/08/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Patrick Murphy*
Total Disbursements: $3,917,418
Total Receipts: $3,964,707
Cash on Hand: $61,911
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $2,709,555
Party Contributions: $2,131
Other Committee Contributions: $1,157,267
Other Committee Transfers: $45,064
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $10,353
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $105,087
Net Independent Expenditures: $-94,734
Net Spending: $3,822,684



Tom Manion
Total Disbursements: $1,138,050
Total Receipts: $1,143,295
Cash on Hand: $5,245
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $890,248
Party Contributions: $12,300
Other Committee Contributions: $223,290
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $2,022
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $2,022
Net Spending: $1,140,072



**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/PA/08/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Tom Manion 35,610 100.0% $1,138,050
TOTAL VOTES 35,610    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Patrick Murphy* 100,788 100.0% $3,917,418
TOTAL VOTES 100,788