| Turnout | Gordon Smith (R) |
Tom Bruggere (D) |
Brent Thompson (Reform) |
Gary Kutcher (Pacific) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 80% | 3,265 | 76.5% | 907 | 21.3% | 35 | 0.8% | 21 | 0.5% | 40 | 0.9% | 2,358 | 4,268 |
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Other candidates included: Paul Mohn (Libertarian), 12,697 votes ; Christopher Phelps (Socialist), 5,426 votes ; Michael Hoyes (Natural Law), 4,425 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Gordon Smith | |
| Total Disbursements: | $9,312,538 |
| Total Receipts: | $9,389,580 |
| Cash on Hand: | $77,040 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $553,172 |
| Candidate Loans: | $2,603,400 |
| Individual Contributions: | $4,232,929 |
| Party Contributions: | $211,928 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,435,721 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $312,180 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $1,275,385 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $659,461 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $615,924 |
| Net Spending: | $9,928,462 |
| Tom Bruggere | |
| Total Disbursements: | $3,301,736 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,318,883 |
| Cash on Hand: | $20,257 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $50,091 |
| Candidate Loans: | $1,399,500 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,345,801 |
| Party Contributions: | $20,295 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $400,722 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $23,942 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $33,500 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $1,021 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $32,479 |
| Net Spending: | $3,334,215 |
**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/OR/1996