| Turnout | Patty Murray* (D) |
Linda Smith (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 60% | 2,042 | 46.4% | 2,362 | 53.6% | 0 | 0.0% | -320 | 4,404 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Patty Murray* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $6,415,988 |
| Total Receipts: | $6,306,765 |
| Cash on Hand: | $20,222 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $4,891,390 |
| Party Contributions: | $46,265 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,022,686 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $234,692 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $21,171 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $21,171 |
| Net Spending: | $6,437,159 |
| Linda Smith | |
| Total Disbursements: | $5,159,527 |
| Total Receipts: | $5,234,596 |
| Cash on Hand: | $88,916 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $116 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $5,153,918 |
| Party Contributions: | $29,280 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $687 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $152,962 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $185,309 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-32,347 |
| Net Spending: | $5,127,180 |
**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/WA/1998