| Turnout | Jesse Helms* (R) |
Harvey Gantt (D) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 47% | 3,001 | 54.9% | 2,465 | 45.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 536 | 5,466 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Jesse Helms* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $18,180,035 |
| Total Receipts: | $18,169,485 |
| Cash on Hand: | $12,326 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $14,018,988 |
| Party Contributions: | $6,500 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $952,541 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $2,428,821 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $281,117 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $404,852 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-123,735 |
| Net Spending: | $18,056,300 |
| Harvey Gantt | |
| Total Disbursements: | $7,808,470 |
| Total Receipts: | $7,856,827 |
| Cash on Hand: | $48,358 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $45,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $7,071,336 |
| Party Contributions: | $20,277 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $699,802 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $3,880 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $141,177 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $11,504 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $129,673 |
| Net Spending: | $7,938,143 |
**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/NC/1990