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2008-03-08 U.S. House Election Results for Illinois (District 14)

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Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Bill Foster
(D)
Jim Oberweis
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
Bureau County (pt.)4546.9%5153.1%00.0%-6 96
DeKalb County (pt.)5,94656.1%4,64943.9%00.0%1,297 10,595
DuPage County (pt.)3,30150.6%3,22149.4%00.0%80 6,522
Henry County (pt.)1,04638.4%1,68061.6%00.0%-634 2,726
Kane County32,82253.7%28,25546.3%00.0%4,567 61,077
Kendall County6,56650.5%6,44349.5%00.0%123 13,009
Lee County1,96044.4%2,45355.6%00.0%-493 4,413
Whiteside County (pt.)51954.8%42845.2%00.0%91 947
TOTAL 52,20552.5% 47,18047.5% 00.0% 5,025 99,385
Total R vote: 47,180 (47.5%)      Total D vote: 52,205 (52.5%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $5,047,819 $5,084,492
Total Receipts: $5,061,268 $5,091,514
Cash on Hand: $13,448 $7,022
Contributions by Candidate: $212,873 $275,858
Loans by Candidate: $1,928,900 $3,555,000
Total Individual Contributions: $2,022,832 $997,962
Party Contributions: $5,130 $27,314
Other Committee Contributions: $881,337 $228,543
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $346,929 $34,347
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $1,229,610 $1,100,806
Net Independent Expenditures: $-882,681 $-1,066,459
Net Spending: $4,165,138 $4,018,033

**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/14/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Bill Foster
Total Disbursements: $5,047,819
Total Receipts: $5,061,268
Cash on Hand: $13,448
Candidate Contributions: $212,873
Candidate Loans: $1,928,900
Individual Contributions: $2,022,832
Party Contributions: $5,130
Other Committee Contributions: $881,337
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $346,929
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $1,229,610
Net Independent Expenditures: $-882,681
Net Spending: $4,165,138



Jim Oberweis
Total Disbursements: $5,084,492
Total Receipts: $5,091,514
Cash on Hand: $7,022
Candidate Contributions: $275,858
Candidate Loans: $3,555,000
Individual Contributions: $997,962
Party Contributions: $27,314
Other Committee Contributions: $228,543
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $34,347
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $1,100,806
Net Independent Expenditures: $-1,066,459
Net Spending: $4,018,033



**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/14/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jim Oberweis 41,980 56.0% $5,084,492
2   Chris Lauzen 32,955 44.0% $1,227,134
TOTAL VOTES 74,935    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Bill Foster* 32,982 49.6% $5,047,819
2   John Laesch 28,433 42.8% $176,481
3   Jotham Stein 5,082 7.6% $228,175
TOTAL VOTES 66,497