| Turnout | Robert Torricelli (D) |
Dick Zimmer (R) |
Richard Pezzullo (Conservative) |
Mary Jo Christian (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 48% | 105,932 | 59.9% | 62,564 | 35.4% | 3,638 | 2.1% | 1,079 | 0.6% | 3,543 | 2.0% | 43,368 | 176,756 |
|
Other candidates included: Paul Woomer (Green Coalition), 15,183 votes ; Olga Rodriguez (Socialist Workers), 14,319 votes ; Mark Wise (Future Now), 13,683 votes ; Wilburt Kornegay (Independent People's Coalition), 11,107 votes ; Steven Baeli (Protecting Freedom), 7,749 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Robert Torricelli | |
| Total Disbursements: | $9,130,205 |
| Total Receipts: | $9,211,508 |
| Cash on Hand: | $77,588 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $6,112,877 |
| Party Contributions: | $48,920 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $993,690 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $1,907,081 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $31,742 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-31,742 |
| Net Spending: | $9,098,463 |
| Dick Zimmer | |
| Total Disbursements: | $8,238,181 |
| Total Receipts: | $8,253,612 |
| Cash on Hand: | $15,390 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $5,548,662 |
| Party Contributions: | $769,655 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,180,411 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $631,345 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $218,412 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $218,412 |
| Net Spending: | $8,456,593 |
**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/NJ/1996