| Turnout | Richard Shelby (D) |
Jeremiah Denton* (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 37% | 26,601 | 44.2% | 33,583 | 55.8% | 0 | 0.0% | -6,982 | 60,184 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Richard Shelby | |
| Total Disbursements: | $2,259,167 |
| Total Receipts: | $2,400,488 |
| Cash on Hand: | $141,319 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $210,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $883,186 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $486,103 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $38,215 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $556 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $37,659 |
| Net Spending: | $2,296,826 |
| Jeremiah Denton* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $4,865,276 |
| Total Receipts: | $4,930,200 |
| Cash on Hand: | $71,638 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $44,077 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $680,385 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $39,077 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $225,893 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $7,495 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $218,398 |
| Net Spending: | $5,083,674 |
**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/1986