The Green Papers
2008 Contests Where No Candidate
Received a Majority

The popular vote tallies are UNOFFICIAL and have been acquired from various media sources.

The FEC tallies are compiled from each candidates' reported "Total Receipts".

Contests

Candidate (I) = incumbent * = winner	Party	Vote		FEC Total Receipts
Missouri House CD 09 Winner's margin: 2.507%, 8,075 votes
*Blaine Luetkemeyer	Republican	161,031	49.99%	$2,378,991
Judith W. "Judy" Baker	Democratic	152,956	47.49%	$1,702,214
Tamara A. Millay	Libertarian	8,108	2.52%
Totals		322,095	100.00%	$4,081,205
Indiana President Winner's margin: 1.032%, 28,391 votes
*Barack Hussein Obama	Democratic	1,374,039	49.95%	$532,946,511
John Sidney McCain, III	Republican	1,345,648	48.91%	$393,668,650
Bob Barr	Libertarian	29,257	1.06%	$1,383,681
Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin	Write-in	1,024	0.04%	$261,673
Ralph Nader	Write-in	909	0.03%	$4,502,680
Cynthia A. McKinney	Write-in	87	0.00%	$240,130
Darrell Lane Castle	Write-in	51	0.00%
Brian Patrick Moore	Write-in	14	0.00%	$9,516
Michael L. Faith	Write-in	12	0.00%
Kevin Mottus	Write-in	9	0.00%
Lawson Mitchell Bone	Write-in	2	0.00%
John Leroy Plemons	Write-in	1	0.00%
Lou Kujawski	Write-in	1	0.00%
Totals		2,751,054	100.00%	$933,012,841
Missouri Lieutenant Governor Winner's margin: 2.578%, 72,529 votes
*Peter Kinder (I)	Republican	1,403,706	49.88%
Sam Page	Democratic	1,331,177	47.31%
Teddy Fleck	Libertarian	49,862	1.77%
James C. "Jim" Rensing	Constitution	29,153	1.04%
Totals		2,813,898	100.00%
New York House CD 01 Winner's margin: 14.295%, 46,499 votes
*Timothy H. "Tim" Bishop (I)	Democratic; Independence; Working Families	161,893	49.77%	$1,390,174
Lee M. Zeldin	Republican; Conservative	115,394	35.47%	$850,273
Blank	Scattering	47,967	14.75%
Void	Scattering	23	0.01%
Scattering	Scattering	13	0.00%
Totals		325,290	100.00%	$2,240,447
North Carolina President Winner's margin: 0.329%, 14,177 votes
*Barack Hussein Obama	Democratic	2,142,651	49.69%	$532,946,511
John Sidney McCain, III	Republican	2,128,474	49.36%	$393,668,650
Bob Barr	Libertarian	25,722	0.60%	$1,383,681
WRITE-IN	Scattering	13,942	0.32%
Ralph Nader	Write-in	1,448	0.03%	$4,502,680
Cynthia A. McKinney	Write-in	158	0.00%	$240,130
Brian Patrick Moore	Write-in	38	0.00%	$9,516
Totals		4,312,433	100.00%	$932,751,168
Louisiana House CD 02 Winner's margin: 2.732%, 1,826 votes
*Anh "Joseph" Cao	Republican	33,122	49.55%	$113,499
William Jennings "Bill" Jefferson (I)	Democratic	31,296	46.82%	$294,803
Malik Rahim	Green	1,880	2.81%	$10,985
Gregory W. "Rhumbline" Kahn	Libertarian	548	0.82%
Totals		66,846	100.00%	$419,287
California House CD 03 Winner's margin: 5.557%, 17,453 votes
*Daniel E. "Dan" Lungren (I)	Republican	155,424	49.49%	$886,771
William E. "Bill" Durston	Democratic	137,971	43.93%	$723,304
Dina J. Padilla	Peace And Freedom	13,378	4.26%
Douglas Arthur "Art " Tuma	Libertarian	7,273	2.32%
Totals		314,046	100.00%	$1,610,075
Missouri President Winner's margin: 0.133%, 3,903 votes
*John Sidney McCain, III	Republican	1,445,814	49.43%	$393,668,650
Barack Hussein Obama	Democratic	1,441,911	49.29%	$532,946,511
Ralph Nader	Independent	17,813	0.61%	$4,502,680
Bob Barr	Libertarian	11,386	0.39%	$1,383,681
Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin	Constitution	8,201	0.28%	$261,673
Cynthia A. McKinney	Write-in	80	0.00%	$240,130
Totals		2,925,205	100.00%	$933,003,325
Louisiana Special House CD 06 Winner's margin: 2.939%, 2,956 votes
*Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux, Jr.	Democratic	49,702	49.42%	$2,738,011
Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins	Republican	46,746	46.48%	$760,014
Ashley Heyer Casey	No Party Affiliation	3,718	3.70%	$39,044
Randall T. Hayes	Other-party nominee	402	0.40%
Totals		100,568	100.00%	$3,537,069
Montana Secretary of State Winner's margin: 1.120%, 5,305 votes
*Linda H. McCulloch	Democratic	233,717	49.32%
Brad Johnson (I)	Republican	228,412	48.20%
Sieglinde Sharbono	Constitution	11,722	2.47%
Totals		473,851	100.00%
Maryland House CD 01 Winner's margin: 0.791%, 2,852 votes
*Frank Michael Kratovil, Jr.	Democratic	177,065	49.12%	$1,984,707
Andrew P. "Andy" Harris	Republican	174,213	48.33%	$3,077,411
Richard James Davis	Libertarian	8,873	2.46%
Other Write-Ins	Scattering	329	0.09%
Totals		360,480	100.00%	$5,062,118
Montana President Winner's margin: 2.244%, 11,096 votes
*John Sidney McCain, III	Republican	242,763	49.10%	$393,668,650
Barack Hussein Obama	Democratic	231,667	46.85%	$532,946,511
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul	Constitution	10,638	2.15%	$35,120,475
Ralph Nader	Independent	3,686	0.75%	$4,502,680
Bob Barr	Libertarian	1,355	0.27%	$1,383,681
Bruce Malcolm	Write-in	1,133	0.23%
Frank J. Smith	Write-in	1,081	0.22%
Carol Lamber	Write-in	762	0.15%
John M. Ward	Write-in	686	0.14%
Sam Kitzenberg	Write-in	458	0.09%
Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin	Write-in	143	0.03%	$261,673
Judy Stang	Write-in	24	0.00%
Cynthia A. McKinney	Write-in	23	0.00%	$240,130
RaeDeen Heupel	Write-in	12	0.00%
Rosa A. Clemente	Write-in	10	0.00%
Santa Claus	Write-in	3	0.00%
Jonathan Edward Allen	Write-in	1	0.00%	$82,890
Amy Lou Wyatt	Write-in	1	0.00%
Totals		494,446	100.00%	$968,206,690
Oregon Senate Class 2 Winner's margin: 3.351%, 59,233 votes
*Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley	Democratic; Independent Party of Oregon	864,392	48.90%	$6,445,701
Gordon Harold Smith (I)	Republican	805,159	45.55%	$9,231,556
David "Dave" Brownlow	Constitution	92,565	5.24%
Write-in Votes	Write-in	5,388	0.30%
Totals		1,767,504	100.00%	$15,677,257
New York House CD 25 Winner's margin: 11.532%, 37,151 votes
*Daniel B. "Dan" Maffei	Democratic; Working Families	157,357	48.85%	$2,301,185
Dale A. Sweetland	Republican; Conservative	120,206	37.31%	$408,316
Blank	Scattering	35,078	10.89%
Howie Hawkins	Independent Green Populist	9,481	2.94%	$8,320
Scattering	Scattering	24	0.01%
Totals		322,146	100.00%	$2,717,821
Michigan House CD 07 Winner's margin: 2.306%, 7,432 votes
*Mark Hamilton Schauer	Democratic	157,213	48.78%	$2,321,942
Timothy L. "Tim" Walberg (I)	Republican	149,781	46.47%	$2,109,377
Lynn Meadows	Green	9,528	2.96%
Ken Proctor	Libertarian	5,675	1.76%
Sharon Marie Renier	Write-in	89	0.03%	$13,382
Totals		322,286	100.00%	$4,444,701
Minnesota House CD 03 Winner's margin: 7.625%, 28,145 votes
*Erik Paulsen	Republican	178,932	48.48%	$2,755,628
Jigar Ashwin "Ashwin" Madia	Democratic-Farmer Labor	150,787	40.85%	$2,731,181
David G. Dillon	Independence	38,970	10.56%	$161,185
Write-in	Write-in	406	0.11%
Harley Swarm, Jr.	Write-in	9	0.00%
Totals		369,104	100.00%	$5,647,994
Louisiana House CD 06 Winner's margin: 7.825%, 24,446 votes
*William "Bill" Cassidy	Republican	150,332	48.12%	$1,239,188
Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux, Jr. (I)	Democratic	125,886	40.29%	$2,738,011
Michael L. Jackson	No Party Affiliation	36,198	11.59%	$217,325
Totals		312,416	100.00%	$4,194,524
Louisiana House CD 04 Winner's margin: 0.385%, 356 votes
*John Calvin Fleming, Jr.	Republican	44,497	48.07%	$1,397,442
Paul J. Carmouche	Democratic	44,141	47.69%	$1,208,118
Chester T. "Catfish" Kelley	No Party Affiliation	3,245	3.51%	$10,540
Gerard J. Bowen, Jr.	Other-party nominee	675	0.73%
Totals		92,558	100.00%	$2,616,100
Alaska Senate Class 2 Winner's margin: 1.244%, 3,953 votes
*Mark Begich	Democratic	151,767	47.77%	$4,433,414
Theodore F. "Ted" Stevens (I)	Republican	147,814	46.52%	$3,833,395
Robert Mario "Bob" Bird	Alaskan Independence	13,197	4.15%	$33,788
Fredrick David "David" Haase	Libertarian	2,483	0.78%
Ted Gianoutsos	Nominated By Petition	1,385	0.44%
Write-in	Write-in	1,077	0.34%
Totals		317,723	100.00%	$8,300,597
Nevada House CD 03 Winner's margin: 5.138%, 17,972 votes
*Dina Titus	Democratic	165,912	47.43%	$1,814,482
Jon C. Porter, Sr. (I)	Republican	147,940	42.29%	$3,099,909
Jeffrey C. Reeves	Independent	14,922	4.27%
Joseph P. Silvestri	Libertarian	10,164	2.91%
Floyd Fitzgibbons	Independent American	6,937	1.98%
Bob Giaquinta	Green	3,937	1.13%
Totals		349,812	100.00%	$4,914,391
Minnesota House CD 06 Winner's margin: 2.973%, 12,031 votes
*Michele M. Bachmann (I)	Republican	187,817	46.41%	$3,458,895
Elwyn Glenn "El" Tinklenberg	Democratic-Farmer Labor	175,786	43.43%	$2,965,184
Bob Anderson	Independence	40,643	10.04%
Write-in	Write-in	459	0.11%
Abraham P. "Aubrey" Immelman	Write-in	20	0.00%	$3,317
Totals		404,725	100.00%	$6,427,396
New York House CD 24 Winner's margin: 3.516%, 9,919 votes
*Michael Angelo "Mike" Arcuri (I)	Democratic; Working Families	130,799	46.36%	$1,610,988
Richard L. Hanna	Republican; Conservative; Independence	120,880	42.85%	$1,094,769
Blank	Scattering	30,302	10.74%
Void	Scattering	120	0.04%
Scattering	Scattering	13	0.00%
Totals		282,114	100.00%	$2,705,757
New York House CD 26 Winner's margin: 12.062%, 38,985 votes
*Christopher J. "Chris" Lee	Republican; Conservative; Independence	148,584	45.97%	$2,235,422
Alice J. Kryzan	Working Families	109,599	33.91%	$1,222,226
Blank	Scattering	52,872	16.36%
Jonathan "Jon" Powers	Working Families	12,103	3.74%	$1,207,088
Void	Scattering	35	0.01%
Scattering	Scattering	9	0.00%
Totals		323,202	100.00%	$4,664,736
Ohio House CD 15 Winner's margin: 0.761%, 2,311 votes
*Mary Jo Kilroy	Democratic	139,582	45.94%	$2,573,357
Steve Stivers	Republican	137,271	45.18%	$2,373,189
Mark Michael Noble	Libertarian	14,061	4.63%
Don Elijah Eckhart	Unaffiliated	12,915	4.25%	$34,256
Travis Casper	Write-in	6	0.00%
Totals		303,835	100.00%	$4,980,802
New York House CD 29 Winner's margin: 1.733%, 5,323 votes
*Eric J. J. Massa	Democratic; Working Families	140,483	45.73%	$2,112,880
John R. "Randy" Kuhl, Jr. (I)	Republican; Conservative; Independence	135,160	44.00%	$1,498,196
Blank	Scattering	31,367	10.21%
Void	Scattering	160	0.05%
Scattering	Scattering	27	0.01%
Totals		307,197	100.00%	$3,611,076
Ohio House CD 02 Winner's margin: 7.373%, 24,424 votes
*Jeannette H. "Jean" Schmidt (I)	Republican	148,500	44.83%	$1,286,499
Victoria Wells Wulsin	Democratic	124,076	37.46%	$1,921,990
David Harry Krikorian	Independent	58,650	17.71%	$202,913
James J. "Jim" Condit, Jr.	Write-in	30	0.01%
Totals		331,256	100.00%	$3,411,402
Minnesota Senate Class 2 Margin between top two vote getters: 0.008%, 225 votes
Al Franken	Democratic-Farmer Labor	1,212,431	41.99%	$20,488,165
Norm Coleman (I)	Republican	1,212,206	41.99%	$18,049,720
Dean Malcolm Barkley	Independence	437,404	15.15%	$162,833
Charles Aldrich	Libertarian	13,916	0.48%
James Niemackl	Constitution	8,905	0.31%
Write-in	Write-in	2,340	0.08%
Michael Cavlan	Write-in	13	0.00%
Anthony Keith Price	Write-in	12	0.00%
Totals		2,887,227	100.00%	$38,700,718
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