| Turnout | Fred Thompson* (R) |
Houston Gordon (D) |
John Jay Hooker (I) |
Bruce Gold (I) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 43% | 5,610 | 59.2% | 3,705 | 39.1% | 78 | 0.8% | 34 | 0.4% | 55 | 0.6% | 1,905 | 9,482 |
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Other candidates included: Robert Watson (I), 5,569 votes ; Greg Samples (I), 4,104 votes ; Philip Kienlen (I), 2,173 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Fred Thompson* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $7,316,735 |
| Total Receipts: | $8,153,288 |
| Cash on Hand: | $836,460 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $5,671 |
| Candidate Loans: | $50,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $6,076,195 |
| Party Contributions: | $55,471 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,651,339 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $118,079 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $4,358 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $4,358 |
| Net Spending: | $7,321,093 |
| Houston Gordon | |
| Total Disbursements: | $795,969 |
| Total Receipts: | $800,607 |
| Cash on Hand: | $4,637 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $25,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $628,137 |
| Party Contributions: | $37,458 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $102,550 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $795,969 |
**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/TN/1996