| Turnout | Sheldon Whitehouse (D) |
Lincoln Chafee* (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 51% | 16,609 | 49.2% | 17,050 | 50.5% | 0 | 0.0% | -441 | 33,773 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Sheldon Whitehouse | |
| Total Disbursements: | $6,428,954 |
| Total Receipts: | $6,587,257 |
| Cash on Hand: | $158,304 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $360,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $5,243,697 |
| Party Contributions: | $42,295 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $753,535 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $144,947 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $40,459 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $764,259 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-723,800 |
| Net Spending: | $5,705,154 |
| Lincoln Chafee* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $5,885,670 |
| Total Receipts: | $5,688,659 |
| Cash on Hand: | $61,542 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $10,968 |
| Candidate Loans: | $1,128,734 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,401,299 |
| Party Contributions: | $32,907 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,546,547 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $441,010 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $163,273 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $2,362,659 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-2,199,386 |
| Net Spending: | $3,686,284 |
**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/RI/2006