| County | Brian Baird (D) |
Don Benton (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County | 49,217 | 51.5% | 46,392 | 48.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,825 | 95,609 | |||||||||||
| Cowlitz County | 16,694 | 58.3% | 11,949 | 41.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,745 | 28,643 | |||||||||||
| Grays Harbor County (pt.) | 3,315 | 59.9% | 2,217 | 40.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,098 | 5,532 | |||||||||||
| Klickitat County (pt.) | 1,507 | 55.1% | 1,228 | 44.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 279 | 2,735 | |||||||||||
| Lewis County | 9,939 | 41.2% | 14,162 | 58.8% | 0 | 0.0% | -4,223 | 24,101 | |||||||||||
| Pacific County | 4,982 | 63.5% | 2,864 | 36.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,118 | 7,846 | |||||||||||
| Skamania County | 1,650 | 51.0% | 1,587 | 49.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 63 | 3,237 | |||||||||||
| Thurston County (pt.) | 31,936 | 63.0% | 18,776 | 37.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 13,160 | 50,712 | |||||||||||
| Wahkiakum County | 1,124 | 62.3% | 680 | 37.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 444 | 1,804 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL | 120,364 | 54.7% | 99,855 | 45.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 20,509 | 220,219 | |||||||||||
| Total R vote: 99,855 (45.3%) Total D vote: 120,364 (54.7%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $1,602,437 | $946,764 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $1,671,658 | $911,678 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $70,827 | $445 | |||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $4,579 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $1,138,040 | $441,910 | |||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $10,621 | $26,750 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $493,788 | $431,668 | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $88,332 | $7,709 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $26,128 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $88,332 | $-18,419 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $1,690,769 | $928,345 | |||||||||||||||||
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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**:
| Brian Baird | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,602,437 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,671,658 |
| Cash on Hand: | $70,827 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $4,579 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,138,040 |
| Party Contributions: | $10,621 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $493,788 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $88,332 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $88,332 |
| Net Spending: | $1,690,769 |
| Don Benton | |
| Total Disbursements: | $946,764 |
| Total Receipts: | $911,678 |
| Cash on Hand: | $445 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $441,910 |
| Party Contributions: | $26,750 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $431,668 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $7,709 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $26,128 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-18,419 |
| Net Spending: | $928,345 |
**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/WA/03/1998
| Open Primary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Brian Baird | D | 63,979 | 48.0% | $1,602,437 |
| 2 | Don Benton | R | 29,153 | 21.9% | $946,764 |
| 3 | Pat Fiske | R | 21,564 | 16.2% | $112,292 |
| 4 | Rick Jackson | R | 12,970 | 9.7% | $133,981 |
| 5 | Paul Phillips | R | 5,755 | 4.3% | $135,794 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 133,421 | ||||