| County | Vernon Ehlers* (R) |
John Ferguson (D) |
Erwin Haas (Libertarian) |
Lucille Wiggins (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry County (pt.) | 5,494 | 67.5% | 2,426 | 29.8% | 114 | 1.4% | 104 | 1.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,068 | 8,138 | |||||||
| Ionia County | 11,327 | 69.6% | 4,710 | 29.0% | 151 | 0.9% | 75 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 6,617 | 16,263 | |||||||
| Kent County | 129,543 | 73.7% | 42,353 | 24.1% | 2,272 | 1.3% | 1,682 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 87,190 | 175,850 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 146,364 | 73.1% | 49,489 | 24.7% | 2,537 | 1.3% | 1,861 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 96,875 | 200,251 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 146,364 (73.1%) Total D vote: 49,489 (24.7%) Total Other vote: 4,398 (2.2%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $346,312 | $10,406 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $411,446 | $13,169 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $205,187 | $2,760 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $279,080 | $4,869 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $116,595 | $8,300 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $203 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $203 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $346,515 | $10,406 | $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**:
| Vernon Ehlers* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $346,312 |
| Total Receipts: | $411,446 |
| Cash on Hand: | $205,187 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $279,080 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $116,595 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $203 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $203 |
| Net Spending: | $346,515 |
| John Ferguson | |
| Total Disbursements: | $10,406 |
| Total Receipts: | $13,169 |
| Cash on Hand: | $2,760 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $4,869 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $8,300 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $10,406 |
**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/MI/03/1998
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Vernon Ehlers* | 36,774 | 100.0% | $346,312 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 36,774 | |||