| Turnout | Lloyd Bentsen* (D) |
James Collins (R) |
John Ford (Libertarian) |
Lineaus Lorette (Citizens) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 34% | 2,589 | 58.2% | 1,845 | 41.4% | 18 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 744 | 4,452 | ||
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Lloyd Bentsen* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $4,901,080 |
| Total Receipts: | $4,212,715 |
| 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: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $226,648 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-226,648 |
| Net Spending: | $4,674,432 |
| James Collins | |
| Total Disbursements: | $3,488,773 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,114,842 |
| 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: | $15,324 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $15,324 |
| Net Spending: | $3,504,097 |
**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/TX/1982