| Turnout | Tom Harkin* (D) |
Jim Ross Lightfoot (R) |
Sue Atkinson (I) |
Fred Gratzon (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 56% | 2,154 | 44.7% | 2,605 | 54.1% | 37 | 0.8% | 9 | 0.2% | 11 | 0.2% | -451 | 4,816 |
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Other candidates included: Joe Sulentic (I), 1,941 votes ; Shirley Pena (Socialist Workers), 1,844 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Tom Harkin* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $6,070,137 |
| Total Receipts: | $6,059,821 |
| Cash on Hand: | $49,418 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $4,253,371 |
| Party Contributions: | $3,638 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,543,750 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $79,443 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $4,243 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $7,519 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-3,276 |
| Net Spending: | $6,066,861 |
| Jim Ross Lightfoot | |
| Total Disbursements: | $2,439,679 |
| Total Receipts: | $2,474,871 |
| Cash on Hand: | $35,191 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,731,607 |
| Party Contributions: | $46,705 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $579,910 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $19,481 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $373,182 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $-21,825 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $395,007 |
| Net Spending: | $2,834,686 |
| Fred Gratzon | |
| Total Disbursements: | $55,530 |
| Total Receipts: | $55,179 |
| Cash on Hand: | $-349 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $9,562 |
| Candidate Loans: | $4,462 |
| Individual Contributions: | $14,552 |
| Party Contributions: | $2,288 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $55,530 |
**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/IA/1996