| Turnout | Howard Metzenbaum* (D) |
Paul Pfeifer (R) |
Alicia Mertel (I) |
Philip Herzing (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 49% | 4,007 | 38.9% | 6,150 | 59.7% | 139 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | -2,143 | 10,296 | ||
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Howard Metzenbaum* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $2,637,800 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,392,873 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| 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: | $30,903 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-30,903 |
| Net Spending: | $2,606,897 |
| Paul Pfeifer | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,022,269 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,041,314 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $14,526 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $14,526 |
| Net Spending: | $1,036,795 |
**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/OH/1982