| Turnout | Donald Riegle* (D) |
Philip Ruppe (R) |
Bette Erwin (Libertarian) |
Daniel Eller (American Independent) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 53% | 1,718 | 55.7% | 1,335 | 43.2% | 7 | 0.2% | 19 | 0.6% | 8 | 0.3% | 383 | 3,087 |
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Other candidates included: Helen Halyard (Workers League), 6,085 votes ; Steve Beumer (Socialist Workers), 4,335 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Donald Riegle* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $727,480 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,521,497 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $49 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $3,278 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-3,229 |
| Net Spending: | $724,251 |
| Philip Ruppe | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,045,545 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,055,051 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $2,872 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $2,872 |
| Net Spending: | $1,048,417 |
**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/MI/1982