| County | Melvin Watt* (D) |
Ty Cobb, Jr. (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabarrus County (pt.) | 3,259 | 41.8% | 4,541 | 58.2% | 0 | 0.0% | -1,282 | 7,800 | |||||||||||
| Davidson County (pt.) | 13,989 | 40.6% | 20,465 | 59.4% | 0 | 0.0% | -6,476 | 34,454 | |||||||||||
| Forsyth County (pt.) | 43,168 | 77.1% | 12,797 | 22.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 30,371 | 55,965 | |||||||||||
| Guilford County (pt.) | 50,240 | 77.8% | 14,353 | 22.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 35,887 | 64,593 | |||||||||||
| Mecklenburg County (pt.) | 90,115 | 81.2% | 20,901 | 18.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 69,214 | 111,016 | |||||||||||
| Rowan County (pt.) | 15,137 | 54.3% | 12,757 | 45.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,380 | 27,894 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL | 215,908 | 71.6% | 85,814 | 28.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 130,094 | 301,722 | |||||||||||
| Total R vote: 85,814 (28.4%) Total D vote: 215,908 (71.6%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $646,079 | $25,584 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $680,473 | $25,306 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $94,029 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $2,100 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $219,687 | $19,606 | |||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $1,000 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $458,142 | $3,300 | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $646,079 | $25,584 | |||||||||||||||||
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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**:
| Melvin Watt* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $646,079 |
| Total Receipts: | $680,473 |
| Cash on Hand: | $94,029 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $219,687 |
| Party Contributions: | $1,000 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $458,142 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $646,079 |
| Ty Cobb, Jr. | |
| Total Disbursements: | $25,584 |
| Total Receipts: | $25,306 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $2,100 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $19,606 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $3,300 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $25,584 |
**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/NC/12/2008
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
No Republican primary | ||||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
No Democrat primary | ||||