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

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



 
County Jim Turner
(D)
Brian Babin
(R)
Henry McCullough
(I)
David Constant
(Libertarian)
Other Margin TOTAL
Angelina County13,33052.9%11,29944.9%4231.7%940.4%440.2%2,031 25,190
Cherokee County6,21649.7%6,06048.4%1321.1%670.5%400.3%156 12,515
Grimes County3,15758.8%2,12839.6%400.7%190.4%260.5%1,029 5,370
Hardin County7,65243.3%9,68054.8%1670.9%1240.7%540.3%-2,028 17,677
Houston County4,89865.8%2,49433.5%340.5%190.3%20.0%2,404 7,447
Jasper County5,70054.1%4,61943.8%1261.2%590.6%360.3%1,081 10,540
Liberty County7,76847.5%8,04149.2%3111.9%1801.1%530.3%-273 16,353
Montgomery County (pt.)1,80447.8%1,81848.2%872.3%521.4%120.3%-14 3,773
Nacogdoches County (pt.)2,02864.3%1,07134.0%240.8%210.7%90.3%957 3,153
Newton County2,76363.4%1,50034.4%591.4%260.6%130.3%1,263 4,361
Orange County14,87351.2%13,59946.8%2931.0%2310.8%800.3%1,274 29,076
Polk County6,84349.2%6,75848.6%1851.3%930.7%260.2%85 13,905
Sabine County2,13656.7%1,57741.8%310.8%140.4%110.3%559 3,769
San Augustine County2,14163.0%1,17134.5%411.2%220.6%210.6%970 3,396
San Jacinto County3,16150.6%2,89846.4%1242.0%420.7%220.4%263 6,247
Shelby County4,31854.6%3,42943.3%851.1%460.6%360.5%889 7,914
Trinity County3,42065.2%1,71732.8%591.1%280.5%180.3%1,703 5,242
Tyler County3,37950.1%3,29348.8%370.5%130.2%210.3%86 6,743
Walker County7,32151.2%6,68646.8%1320.9%900.6%710.5%635 14,300
TOTAL 102,90852.2% 89,83845.6% 2,3901.2% 1,2400.6% 5950.3% 13,070 196,971
Total R vote: 89,838 (45.6%)      Total D vote: 102,908 (52.2%)      Total Other vote: 4,225 (2.1%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $919,391 $595,410 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $933,922 $594,791 $0 $0
Cash on Hand: $14,529 $379 $0 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $5,250 $2,985 $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $30,000 $35,000 $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $525,928 $448,394 $0 $0
Party Contributions: $10,705 $29,186 $0 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $357,512 $67,070 $0 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $3,460 $6,844 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $3,460 $6,844 $0 $0
Net Spending: $922,851 $602,254 $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/TX/02/1996


Other candidates included: Gary Hardy (Natural Law), 595 votes

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Jim Turner
Total Disbursements: $919,391
Total Receipts: $933,922
Cash on Hand: $14,529
Candidate Contributions: $5,250
Candidate Loans: $30,000
Individual Contributions: $525,928
Party Contributions: $10,705
Other Committee Contributions: $357,512
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $3,460
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $3,460
Net Spending: $922,851



Brian Babin
Total Disbursements: $595,410
Total Receipts: $594,791
Cash on Hand: $379
Candidate Contributions: $2,985
Candidate Loans: $35,000
Individual Contributions: $448,394
Party Contributions: $29,186
Other Committee Contributions: $67,070
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $6,844
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $6,844
Net Spending: $602,254



**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/TX/02/1996


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Donna Peterson 8,047 35.2% $85,830
2   Brian Babin 7,094 31.0% $595,410
3   Ben Bius 2,986 13.1% $170,590
4   Jim Hughes 2,401 10.5% $60,388
5   Bob Currie 2,348 10.3% $46,011
TOTAL VOTES 22,876    
Republican Runoff
1   Brian Babin 7,405 66.8%  
2   Donna Peterson 3,675 33.2%  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jim Turner 45,453 59.3% $919,391
2   Fred Hudson 16,068 21.0% $43,195
3   Bubba Groce 15,171 19.8% $39,665
TOTAL VOTES 76,692