| Turnout | Jesse Helms* (R) |
Harvey Gantt (D) |
Ray Ubinger (Libertarian) |
Victor Pardo (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 47% | 34,648 | 48.3% | 35,813 | 49.9% | 846 | 1.2% | 446 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | -1,165 | 71,753 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Jesse Helms* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $14,587,221 |
| Total Receipts: | $14,594,438 |
| Cash on Hand: | $19,619 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $13,236,044 |
| Party Contributions: | $22,700 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,073,903 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $115,349 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $342,136 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $417,364 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-75,228 |
| Net Spending: | $14,511,993 |
| Harvey Gantt | |
| Total Disbursements: | $8,143,425 |
| Total Receipts: | $8,220,805 |
| Cash on Hand: | $125,749 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $20,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $7,546,029 |
| Party Contributions: | $17,500 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $440,538 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $92,564 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $45 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $45 |
| Net Spending: | $8,143,470 |
**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/NC/1996