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1996-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for Mississippi (District 02)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
State:
Congressional District:
(House elections)


Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Bennie Thompson*
(D)
Danny Covington
(R)
Will Chipman
(Libertarian)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 102,50359.6% 65,26338.0% 4,1672.4% 00.0% 37,240 171,933
Total R vote: 65,263 (38.0%)      Total D vote: 102,503 (59.6%)      Total Other vote: 4,167 (2.4%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $361,452 $215,943 $0
Total Receipts: $428,872 $224,096 $0
Cash on Hand: $93,281 $8,149 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $175,882 $167,303 $0
Party Contributions: $13,800 $14,175 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $221,325 $42,350 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0 $0 $0
Net Spending: $361,452 $215,943 $0

**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/house/MS/02/1996

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Bennie Thompson*
Total Disbursements: $361,452
Total Receipts: $428,872
Cash on Hand: $93,281
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $175,882
Party Contributions: $13,800
Other Committee Contributions: $221,325
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $361,452



Danny Covington
Total Disbursements: $215,943
Total Receipts: $224,096
Cash on Hand: $8,149
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $167,303
Party Contributions: $14,175
Other Committee Contributions: $42,350
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $215,943



**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/house/MS/02/1996


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Danny Covington 8,075 58.5% $215,943
2   Ron Vandevender 2,926 21.2% $888
3   Judy Jefferson 2,796 20.3% $2,842
TOTAL VOTES 13,797    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Bennie Thompson* 18,127 100.0% $361,452
TOTAL VOTES 18,127