| Turnout | Strom Thurmond* (R) |
Elliot Close (D) |
Richard Quillian (Libertarian) |
Peter Ashy (Reform) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 41% | 19,556 | 53.5% | 16,402 | 44.9% | 245 | 0.7% | 224 | 0.6% | 110 | 0.3% | 3,154 | 36,537 |
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Other candidates included: Annette Estes (Natural Law), 7,697 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Strom Thurmond* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $2,632,682 |
| Total Receipts: | $2,446,034 |
| Cash on Hand: | $34,444 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,518,913 |
| Party Contributions: | $8,298 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $770,810 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $56,803 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $6,527 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $6,527 |
| Net Spending: | $2,639,209 |
| Elliot Close | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,913,574 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,919,735 |
| Cash on Hand: | $6,161 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $944,389 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $934,382 |
| Party Contributions: | $18,000 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $1,913,574 |
| Richard Quillian | |
| Total Disbursements: | $4,022 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,924 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $3,684 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $240 |
| 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: | $4,022 |
| Peter Ashy | |
| Total Disbursements: | $7,836 |
| Total Receipts: | $7,836 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $7,316 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $520 |
| 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: | $7,836 |
**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/SC/1996