| Turnout | Mitch McConnell* (R) |
Steve Beshear (D) |
Dennis Lacy (Libertarian) |
Patricia Metten (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 40% | 2,165 | 61.8% | 1,257 | 35.9% | 27 | 0.8% | 26 | 0.7% | 26 | 0.7% | 908 | 3,501 |
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Other candidates included: Mac McElroy (U.S. Taxpayers), 5,284 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Mitch McConnell* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $5,031,293 |
| Total Receipts: | $5,030,245 |
| Cash on Hand: | $189,324 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $3,166,675 |
| Party Contributions: | $18,965 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,316,324 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $98,132 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $37,961 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $37,961 |
| Net Spending: | $5,069,254 |
| Steve Beshear | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,770,035 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,772,276 |
| Cash on Hand: | $1,448 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $6,072 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,496,561 |
| Party Contributions: | $22,318 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $232,152 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $1,770,035 |
**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/KY/1996