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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (District 16)

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



 
County Joseph Pitts*
(R)
Bruce Slater
(D)
John Murphy
(I)
Daniel Frank
(Constitution)
Other Margin TOTAL
Berks County (pt.)6,30930.1%13,49364.4%1,0064.8%1420.7%00.0%-7,184 20,950
Chester County (pt.)31,87851.1%26,72142.9%3,3525.4%3840.6%00.0%5,157 62,335
Lancaster County132,14259.6%79,97936.0%7,4103.3%2,3511.1%00.0%52,163 221,882
TOTAL 170,32955.8% 120,19339.4% 11,7683.9% 2,8770.9% 00.0% 50,136 305,167
Total R vote: 170,329 (55.8%)      Total D vote: 120,193 (39.4%)      Total Other vote: 14,645 (4.8%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $621,735 $92,277 $5,487 $0
Total Receipts: $625,294 $98,460 $4,716 $0
Cash on Hand: $155,574 $6,179 $240 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0 $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $12,015 $3,100 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $193,611 $71,534 $1,616 $0
Party Contributions: $2,948 $150 $0 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $420,754 $14,757 $0 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $8 $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $8 $0 $0 $0
Net Spending: $621,743 $92,277 $5,487 $0

**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/16/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Joseph Pitts*
Total Disbursements: $621,735
Total Receipts: $625,294
Cash on Hand: $155,574
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $193,611
Party Contributions: $2,948
Other Committee Contributions: $420,754
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $8
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $8
Net Spending: $621,743



Bruce Slater
Total Disbursements: $92,277
Total Receipts: $98,460
Cash on Hand: $6,179
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $12,015
Individual Contributions: $71,534
Party Contributions: $150
Other Committee Contributions: $14,757
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $92,277



John Murphy
Total Disbursements: $5,487
Total Receipts: $4,716
Cash on Hand: $240
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $3,100
Individual Contributions: $1,616
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $5,487



**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/16/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Joseph Pitts* 49,740 100.0% $621,735
TOTAL VOTES 49,740    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Bruce Slater 59,246 100.0% $92,277
TOTAL VOTES 59,246