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

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Bob Weygand
(D)
Rick Wild
(R)
Thomas Ricci
(I)
Gail Casman
(I)
Other Margin TOTAL
Kent County42,60064.1%21,50932.4%8941.3%8821.3%5350.8%21,091 66,420
Providence County (pt.)48,80266.6%21,40029.2%1,7332.4%6690.9%6930.9%27,402 73,297
Washington County27,42561.4%15,54934.8%5571.2%6871.5%4571.0%11,876 44,675
TOTAL 118,82764.5% 58,45831.7% 3,1391.7% 2,1991.2% 1,6990.9% 60,369 184,322
Total R vote: 58,458 (31.7%)      Total D vote: 118,827 (64.5%)      Total Other vote: 7,037 (3.8%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $786,423 $416,771 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $818,915 $421,820 $0 $0
Cash on Hand: $33,492 $5,048 $0 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $400 $9,471 $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $15,000 $162,000 $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $434,247 $215,181 $0 $0
Party Contributions: $350 $5,000 $0 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $363,300 $29,884 $0 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $3,204 $38 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $3,204 $38 $0 $0
Net Spending: $789,627 $416,809 $0 $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/RI/02/1996


Other candidates included: Jack Potter (I), 1,695 votes

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Bob Weygand
Total Disbursements: $786,423
Total Receipts: $818,915
Cash on Hand: $33,492
Candidate Contributions: $400
Candidate Loans: $15,000
Individual Contributions: $434,247
Party Contributions: $350
Other Committee Contributions: $363,300
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $3,204
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $3,204
Net Spending: $789,627



Rick Wild
Total Disbursements: $416,771
Total Receipts: $421,820
Cash on Hand: $5,048
Candidate Contributions: $9,471
Candidate Loans: $162,000
Individual Contributions: $215,181
Party Contributions: $5,000
Other Committee Contributions: $29,884
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $38
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $38
Net Spending: $416,809



**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/RI/02/1996


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Rick Wild 4,659 53.0% $416,771
2   Robin Porter 2,617 29.8% $77,508
3   John Matson 1,191 13.6% $1,856
4   Robert Plante 317 3.6%
TOTAL VOTES 8,784    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Bob Weygand 19,898 48.1% $786,423
2   Joseph Paolino 15,689 37.9% $921,803
3   Kathryn O'Hare 4,876 11.8% $23,016
4   Joseph McGair 904 2.2% $227,852
TOTAL VOTES 41,367