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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for California (District 17)

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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 Sam Farr*
(D)
Jeff Taylor
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
Monterey County87,33669.2%38,25230.3%6140.5%49,084 126,202
San Benito County12,29364.7%6,69335.2%20.0%5,600 18,988
Santa Cruz County (pt.)69,27883.0%14,09216.9%660.1%55,186 83,436
TOTAL 168,90773.9% 59,03725.8% 6820.3% 109,870 228,626
Total R vote: 59,037 (25.8%)      Total D vote: 168,907 (73.9%)      Total Other vote: 682 (0.3%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $775,799 $152,075
Total Receipts: $743,124 $157,435
Cash on Hand: $79,837 $5,358
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $115,275
Total Individual Contributions: $267,525 $42,159
Party Contributions: $2,055 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $472,588 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $1,007 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $1,007 $0
Net Spending: $776,806 $152,075

**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/CA/17/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Sam Farr*
Total Disbursements: $775,799
Total Receipts: $743,124
Cash on Hand: $79,837
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $267,525
Party Contributions: $2,055
Other Committee Contributions: $472,588
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $1,007
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $1,007
Net Spending: $776,806



Jeff Taylor
Total Disbursements: $152,075
Total Receipts: $157,435
Cash on Hand: $5,358
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $115,275
Individual Contributions: $42,159
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: $152,075



**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/CA/17/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jeff Taylor 23,188 100.0% $152,075
TOTAL VOTES 23,188    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Sam Farr* 53,057 100.0% $775,799
TOTAL VOTES 53,057