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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Washington (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 Dave Reichert*
(R)
Darcy Burner
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
King County (pt.)147,71051.3%140,16548.7%00.0%7,545 287,875
Pierce County (pt.)44,39858.7%31,19341.3%00.0%13,205 75,591
TOTAL 191,56852.8% 171,35847.2% 00.0% 20,210 362,926
Total R vote: 191,568 (52.8%)      Total D vote: 171,358 (47.2%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $2,852,519 $4,462,887
Total Receipts: $2,855,902 $4,450,654
Cash on Hand: $6,666 $19,464
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $1,624
Loans by Candidate: $0 $140,000
Total Individual Contributions: $1,649,654 $3,684,073
Party Contributions: $23,788 $18,008
Other Committee Contributions: $952,770 $563,558
Transfers from Other Committees: $214,831 $418
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $66,379 $872,260
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $845,840 $1,128,051
Net Independent Expenditures: $-779,461 $-255,791
Net Spending: $2,073,058 $4,207,096

**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/WA/08/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Dave Reichert*
Total Disbursements: $2,852,519
Total Receipts: $2,855,902
Cash on Hand: $6,666
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $1,649,654
Party Contributions: $23,788
Other Committee Contributions: $952,770
Other Committee Transfers: $214,831
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $66,379
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $845,840
Net Independent Expenditures: $-779,461
Net Spending: $2,073,058



Darcy Burner
Total Disbursements: $4,462,887
Total Receipts: $4,450,654
Cash on Hand: $19,464
Candidate Contributions: $1,624
Candidate Loans: $140,000
Individual Contributions: $3,684,073
Party Contributions: $18,008
Other Committee Contributions: $563,558
Other Committee Transfers: $418
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $872,260
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $1,128,051
Net Independent Expenditures: $-255,791
Net Spending: $4,207,096



**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/WA/08/2008


Open Primary
Pos Candidate Party Votes % $**
1   Dave Reichert* R 74,140 48.5% $2,852,519
2   Darcy Burner D 68,010 44.5% $4,462,887
3   James Vaughn D 5,051 3.3%
4   Richard Todd I 2,116 1.4%
5   Keith Arnold D 1,886 1.2% $36
6   John Orlinski I 1,523 1.0%
TOTAL VOTES 152,726