| Turnout | Bob Smith* (R) |
Dick Swett (D) |
Ken Blevens (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 57% | 25,737 | 46.0% | 27,358 | 48.9% | 2,814 | 5.0% | 0 | 0.0% | -1,621 | 55,909 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Bob Smith* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,929,468 |
| Total Receipts: | $2,030,690 |
| Cash on Hand: | $190,341 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,003,740 |
| Party Contributions: | $23,650 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $858,511 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $79,021 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $102,105 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $100,000 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $2,105 |
| Net Spending: | $1,931,573 |
| Dick Swett | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,558,563 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,759,089 |
| Cash on Hand: | $198,526 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,330,736 |
| Party Contributions: | $28,600 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $377,883 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $933,034 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-933,034 |
| Net Spending: | $625,529 |
**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/NH/1996