| Turnout | John Kerry* (D) |
William Weld (R) |
Susan Gallagher (Conservative) |
Robert Snowe (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 50% | 114,050 | 57.9% | 75,793 | 38.5% | 6,454 | 3.3% | 629 | 0.3% | 39 | 0.0% | 38,257 | 196,965 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| John Kerry* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $12,739,152 |
| Total Receipts: | $12,764,591 |
| Cash on Hand: | $37,585 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $2,060,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $10,081,956 |
| Party Contributions: | $18,540 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $28,628 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $273,775 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $11,983 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $2,836 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $9,147 |
| Net Spending: | $12,748,299 |
| William Weld | |
| Total Disbursements: | $8,002,123 |
| Total Receipts: | $8,074,417 |
| Cash on Hand: | $72,295 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $2,000 |
| Candidate Loans: | $150,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $7,062,001 |
| Party Contributions: | $18,550 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $816,495 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $12,610 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $12,610 |
| Net Spending: | $8,014,733 |
| Susan Gallagher | |
| Total Disbursements: | $56,056 |
| Total Receipts: | $56,544 |
| Cash on Hand: | $470 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $3,447 |
| Candidate Loans: | $230 |
| Individual Contributions: | $51,254 |
| Party Contributions: | $61 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $500 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $22,508 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $1,381 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $21,127 |
| Net Spending: | $77,183 |
**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/senate/MA/1996