| Turnout | John Breaux* (D) |
Jim Donelon (R) |
Raymond Brown (I) |
Sam Melton (D) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 36% | 3,301 | 62.0% | 1,566 | 29.4% | 147 | 2.8% | 96 | 1.8% | 213 | 4.0% | 1,735 | 5,323 |
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Other candidates included: Darryl Ward (R), 7,964 votes ; Nota Knox (I), 6,366 votes ; Jeff Diket (Libertarian), 3,227 votes ; Marvin Rosenthal (I), 2,394 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| John Breaux* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $4,575,886 |
| Total Receipts: | $4,597,804 |
| Cash on Hand: | $1,544,260 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,350,330 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,606,290 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $68,090 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $4,575,886 |
| Jim Donelon | |
| Total Disbursements: | $364,073 |
| Total Receipts: | $364,056 |
| Cash on Hand: | $42 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $336,203 |
| Party Contributions: | $5,000 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $19,845 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $364,073 |
**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/LA/1998