| County | Mark Kirk* (R) |
Dan Seals (D) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County (pt.) | 88,856 | 55.1% | 72,358 | 44.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 16,498 | 161,214 | |||||||||||
| Lake County (pt.) | 64,226 | 49.4% | 65,818 | 50.6% | 0 | 0.0% | -1,592 | 130,044 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL | 153,082 | 52.6% | 138,176 | 47.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 14,906 | 291,258 | |||||||||||
| Total R vote: 153,082 (52.6%) Total D vote: 138,176 (47.4%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $5,449,412 | $3,566,128 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $5,456,608 | $3,532,532 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $79,868 | $1,776 | |||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $4,108,213 | $2,899,392 | |||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $12,097 | $2,221 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,158,602 | $486,132 | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $21,358 | $121,114 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $190,886 | $1,036,795 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $1,041,726 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-850,840 | $1,036,795 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $4,598,572 | $4,602,923 | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
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Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Mark Kirk* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $5,449,412 |
| Total Receipts: | $5,456,608 |
| Cash on Hand: | $79,868 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $4,108,213 |
| Party Contributions: | $12,097 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,158,602 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $21,358 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $190,886 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $1,041,726 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-850,840 |
| Net Spending: | $4,598,572 |
| Dan Seals | |
| Total Disbursements: | $3,566,128 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,532,532 |
| Cash on Hand: | $1,776 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,899,392 |
| Party Contributions: | $2,221 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $486,132 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $121,114 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $1,036,795 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $1,036,795 |
| Net Spending: | $4,602,923 |
**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/10/2008
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Mark Kirk* | 44,685 | 100.0% | $5,449,412 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 44,685 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Dan Seals | 75,877 | 81.5% | $3,566,128 |
| 2 | Jay Footlik | 17,271 | 18.5% | $647,094 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 93,148 | |||