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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (District 15)

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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 Charlie Dent*
(R)
Sam Bennett
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
Berks County (pt.)1,08365.0%58335.0%00.0%500 1,666
Lehigh County (pt.)85,66558.5%60,72141.5%00.0%24,944 146,386
Montgomery County (pt.)19,70059.3%13,53140.7%00.0%6,169 33,231
Northampton County74,98558.4%53,49841.6%00.0%21,487 128,483
TOTAL 181,43358.6% 128,33341.4% 00.0% 53,100 309,766
Total R vote: 181,433 (58.6%)      Total D vote: 128,333 (41.4%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,775,400 $950,047
Total Receipts: $1,881,017 $956,167
Cash on Hand: $178,644 $6,120
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $1,115,531 $700,167
Party Contributions: $392 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $703,354 $252,856
Transfers from Other Committees: $43,982 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $3,373 $3,700
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $3,373 $3,700
Net Spending: $1,778,773 $953,747

**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/15/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Charlie Dent*
Total Disbursements: $1,775,400
Total Receipts: $1,881,017
Cash on Hand: $178,644
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $1,115,531
Party Contributions: $392
Other Committee Contributions: $703,354
Other Committee Transfers: $43,982
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $3,373
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $3,373
Net Spending: $1,778,773



Sam Bennett
Total Disbursements: $950,047
Total Receipts: $956,167
Cash on Hand: $6,120
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $700,167
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $252,856
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $3,700
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $3,700
Net Spending: $953,747



**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/15/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Charlie Dent* 27,875 100.0% $1,775,400
TOTAL VOTES 27,875    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Sam Bennett 73,734 100.0% $950,047
TOTAL VOTES 73,734