| Turnout | Richard Shelby* (R) |
Clayton Suddith (D) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 44% | 125,365 | 57.4% | 92,839 | 42.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 32,526 | 218,389 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Richard Shelby* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $2,257,583 |
| Total Receipts: | $5,705,869 |
| Cash on Hand: | $4,559,425 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $11,000 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $3,057,867 |
| Party Contributions: | $17,500 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,825,890 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $73,881 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $10,905 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $10,905 |
| Net Spending: | $2,268,488 |
| Clayton Suddith | |
| Total Disbursements: | $16,276 |
| Total Receipts: | $16,200 |
| Cash on Hand: | $-64 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $399 |
| Candidate Loans: | $4,090 |
| Individual Contributions: | $11,211 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $500 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $16,276 |
**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/AL/1998