| County | James McGovern (D) |
Peter Blute* (R) |
Dale Friedgen (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 135,047 | 52.9% | 115,695 | 45.4% | 3,362 | 1.3% | 998 | 0.4% | 19,352 | 255,102 | |||||||||
| Total R vote: 115,695 (45.4%) Total D vote: 135,047 (52.9%) Total Other vote: 4,360 (1.7%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $806,939 | $1,144,540 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $812,024 | $1,163,303 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $5,622 | $19,341 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $3,470 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $508,830 | $883,405 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $10,222 | $13,433 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $282,292 | $262,327 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $6,000 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $94,173 | $43,070 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $4,000 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $94,173 | $39,070 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $901,112 | $1,183,610 | $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.
|
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| James McGovern | |
| Total Disbursements: | $806,939 |
| Total Receipts: | $812,024 |
| Cash on Hand: | $5,622 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $3,470 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $508,830 |
| Party Contributions: | $10,222 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $282,292 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $6,000 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $94,173 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $94,173 |
| Net Spending: | $901,112 |
| Peter Blute* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,144,540 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,163,303 |
| Cash on Hand: | $19,341 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $883,405 |
| Party Contributions: | $13,433 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $262,327 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $43,070 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $4,000 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $39,070 |
| Net Spending: | $1,183,610 |
**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/MA/03/1996
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Peter Blute* | 4,910 | 99.6% | $1,144,540 |
| Other | 20 | 0.4% | ||
| TOTAL VOTES | 4,930 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | James McGovern | 14,723 | 99.6% | $806,939 |
| Other | 66 | 0.4% | ||
| TOTAL VOTES | 14,789 | |||