| Turnout | Alan Cranston* (D) |
Ed Zschau (R) |
Ed Vallen (American) |
Breck McKinley (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 41% | 48,989 | 45.7% | 55,495 | 51.7% | 1,573 | 1.5% | 787 | 0.7% | 418 | 0.4% | -6,506 | 107,262 |
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Other candidates included: Paul Kangas (Peace & Freedom), 33,869 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Alan Cranston* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $11,927,033 |
| Total Receipts: | $11,628,369 |
| Cash on Hand: | $16,593 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $10,000 |
| Candidate Loans: | $375,250 |
| Individual Contributions: | $143,771 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,376,483 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $8,130 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $34,564 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $183,826 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-149,262 |
| Net Spending: | $11,777,771 |
| Ed Zschau | |
| Total Disbursements: | $11,781,316 |
| Total Receipts: | $11,789,533 |
| Cash on Hand: | $8,218 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $740,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,241,898 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $311,414 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $24,382 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $70,157 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-45,775 |
| Net Spending: | $11,735,541 |
| Ed Vallen | |
| Total Disbursements: | $4,406 |
| Total Receipts: | $5,293 |
| Cash on Hand: | $887 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| 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: | $4,406 |
**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/CA/1986