| Turnout | Paul Wellstone* (DFL) |
Rudy Boschwitz (R) |
Dean Barkley (Reform) |
Tim Davis (Green) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 67% | 10,683 | 38.0% | 14,606 | 52.0% | 2,408 | 8.6% | 172 | 0.6% | 219 | 0.8% | -3,923 | 28,088 |
|
Other candidates included: Roy Carlton (Libertarian), 5,428 votes ; Howard Hanson (Resource Party), 4,382 votes ; Steve Johnson (Natural Law), 4,321 votes ; Thomas Fiske (Socialist Workers), 1,554 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Paul Wellstone* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $7,459,878 |
| Total Receipts: | $7,527,958 |
| Cash on Hand: | $66,889 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $6,661,074 |
| Party Contributions: | $34,535 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $704,993 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $48,601 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $7,063 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $258,694 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-251,631 |
| Net Spending: | $7,208,247 |
| Rudy Boschwitz | |
| Total Disbursements: | $4,710,831 |
| Total Receipts: | $4,675,227 |
| Cash on Hand: | $43,463 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $48,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $3,444,174 |
| Party Contributions: | $31,355 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,033,247 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $57,221 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $144,444 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $144,444 |
| Net Spending: | $4,855,275 |
| Dean Barkley | |
| Total Disbursements: | $44,664 |
| Total Receipts: | $45,065 |
| Cash on Hand: | $455 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $12,174 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $32,133 |
| Party Contributions: | $600 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $44,664 |
**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/MN/1996