| County | Merrill Cook (R) |
Ross Anderson (D) |
Arly Pedersen (Independent American) |
Catherine Carter (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake County (pt.) | 129,963 | 55.0% | 100,283 | 42.4% | 3,070 | 1.3% | 2,981 | 1.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 29,680 | 236,297 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 129,963 | 55.0% | 100,283 | 42.4% | 3,070 | 1.3% | 2,981 | 1.3% | 24 | 0.0% | 29,680 | 236,321 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 129,963 (55.0%) Total D vote: 100,283 (42.4%) Total Other vote: 6,075 (2.6%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $1,061,793 | $491,738 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $1,061,730 | $492,833 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $395 | $194 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $865,624 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $58,407 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $63,920 | $383,120 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $20,200 | $3,150 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $109,694 | $45,089 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $784 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $784 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $1,062,577 | $491,738 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
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**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
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Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Merrill Cook | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,061,793 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,061,730 |
| Cash on Hand: | $395 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $865,624 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $63,920 |
| Party Contributions: | $20,200 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $109,694 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $784 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $784 |
| Net Spending: | $1,062,577 |
| Ross Anderson | |
| Total Disbursements: | $491,738 |
| Total Receipts: | $492,833 |
| Cash on Hand: | $194 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $58,407 |
| Individual Contributions: | $383,120 |
| Party Contributions: | $3,150 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $45,089 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $491,738 |
**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/UT/02/1996
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Merrill Cook | 18,507 | 51.7% | $1,061,793 |
| 2 | Todd Neilson | 17,257 | 48.3% | $452,820 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 35,764 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Ross Anderson | 9,716 | 55.5% | $491,738 |
| 2 | Kelly Atkinson | 7,778 | 44.5% | $98,414 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 17,494 | |||