| Turnout | Arlen Specter* (R) |
Bob Edgar (D) |
Lance Haver (Consumer) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 40% | 138,265 | 68.9% | 61,576 | 30.7% | 917 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 76,689 | 200,758 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Arlen Specter* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $6,451,649 |
| Total Receipts: | $6,493,781 |
| Cash on Hand: | $64,461 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $821,154 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,261,726 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $29,739 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $138,461 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $52,651 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $85,810 |
| Net Spending: | $6,537,459 |
| Bob Edgar | |
| Total Disbursements: | $3,972,377 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,977,317 |
| Cash on Hand: | $5,718 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $643,026 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $239,234 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $30,564 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $5,179 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $25,385 |
| Net Spending: | $3,997,762 |
**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/PA/1986