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2008-11-04 U.S. House Election Results for Pennsylvania (District 18)

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



 
County Tim Murphy*
(R)
Steve O'Donnell
(D)
Other Margin TOTAL
Allegheny County (pt.)115,58561.9%71,27238.1%00.0%44,313 186,857
Beaver County (pt.)75168.1%35231.9%00.0%399 1,103
Washington County (pt.)35,45867.6%16,97532.4%00.0%18,483 52,433
Westmoreland County (pt.)61,25566.4%31,06233.6%00.0%30,193 92,317
TOTAL 213,34964.1% 119,66135.9% 00.0% 93,688 333,010
Total R vote: 213,349 (64.1%)      Total D vote: 119,661 (35.9%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $2,073,254 $556,307
Total Receipts: $1,825,280 $552,523
Cash on Hand: $35,585 $15
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $350
Loans by Candidate: $0 $354,989
Total Individual Contributions: $842,708 $162,596
Party Contributions: $1,007 $1,930
Other Committee Contributions: $954,726 $32,657
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $8 $1,750
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $8 $1,750
Net Spending: $2,073,262 $558,057

**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/18/2008

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Tim Murphy*
Total Disbursements: $2,073,254
Total Receipts: $1,825,280
Cash on Hand: $35,585
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $842,708
Party Contributions: $1,007
Other Committee Contributions: $954,726
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $8
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $8
Net Spending: $2,073,262



Steve O'Donnell
Total Disbursements: $556,307
Total Receipts: $552,523
Cash on Hand: $15
Candidate Contributions: $350
Candidate Loans: $354,989
Individual Contributions: $162,596
Party Contributions: $1,930
Other Committee Contributions: $32,657
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $1,750
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $1,750
Net Spending: $558,057



**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/18/2008


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Tim Murphy* 39,780 100.0% $2,073,254
TOTAL VOTES 39,780    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Steve O'Donnell 52,247 45.0% $556,307
2   Beth Hafer 48,224 41.5% $185,342
3   Brien Wall 15,733 13.5% $53,226
TOTAL VOTES 116,204