| Turnout | Patrick Leahy* (D) |
Fred Tuttle (R) |
Hugh Douglas (Libertarian) |
Barry Nelson (I) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 58% | 2,035 | 71.7% | 674 | 23.7% | 51 | 1.8% | 25 | 0.9% | 55 | 1.9% | 1,361 | 2,840 |
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Other candidates included: Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots), 2,459 votes ; Jerry Levy (Liberty Union), 1,238 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Patrick Leahy* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,532,101 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,576,449 |
| Cash on Hand: | $274,970 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,494,897 |
| Party Contributions: | $11,952 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,025 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $23,049 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $1,532,101 |
**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/VT/1998