| Turnout | Jim Bunning (R) |
Scotty Baesler (D) |
Charles Arbegust (Reform) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 30% | 433 | 28.8% | 1,060 | 70.5% | 10 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | -627 | 1,503 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Jim Bunning | |
| Total Disbursements: | $3,746,540 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,595,491 |
| Cash on Hand: | $67,338 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,061,793 |
| Party Contributions: | $2,947 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,363,896 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $64,386 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $250,753 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $510,014 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-259,261 |
| Net Spending: | $3,487,279 |
| Scotty Baesler | |
| Total Disbursements: | $3,841,950 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,855,690 |
| Cash on Hand: | $13,740 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $1,000 |
| Candidate Loans: | $450,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,344,926 |
| Party Contributions: | $53,889 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $771,022 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $30,000 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $660,014 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $5,083 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $654,931 |
| Net Spending: | $4,496,881 |
**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/KY/1998