| Turnout | Frank Lautenberg* (D) |
Pete Dawkins (R) |
Joseph Job (I) |
Jerry Zeldin (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 58% | 84,812 | 46.0% | 98,161 | 53.2% | 620 | 0.3% | 761 | 0.4% | 131 | 0.1% | -13,349 | 184,485 |
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Other candidates included: Thomas Fiske (Socialist Workers), 5,347 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Frank Lautenberg* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $8,090,446 |
| Total Receipts: | $8,070,254 |
| Cash on Hand: | $40,146 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $330,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $5,282,138 |
| Party Contributions: | $17,500 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,479,110 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $31,000 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $5,851 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $9,251 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-3,400 |
| Net Spending: | $8,087,046 |
| Pete Dawkins | |
| Total Disbursements: | $7,616,249 |
| Total Receipts: | $7,766,535 |
| Cash on Hand: | $150,286 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $736,290 |
| Individual Contributions: | $6,074,119 |
| Party Contributions: | $30,670 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $855,144 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $92,272 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $92,272 |
| Net Spending: | $7,708,521 |
| Joseph Job | |
| Total Disbursements: | $10,209 |
| Total Receipts: | $10,210 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $5,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $5,210 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $10,209 |
**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/NJ/1988