| County | Chris Shays (R) |
Christine Niedermeier (D) |
Nicholas Tarzia (I) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 50,518 | 57.2% | 37,293 | 42.2% | 524 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 13,225 | 88,335 | |||||||||
| Total R vote: 50,518 (57.2%) Total D vote: 37,293 (42.2%) Total Other vote: 524 (0.6%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $675,079 | $551,801 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $698,441 | $545,638 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $23,361 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $5,834 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $4,200 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $445,274 | $293,207 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $48,800 | $65,966 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $151,617 | $163,294 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $18,949 | $688 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $675,079 | $551,801 | $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**:
| Chris Shays | |
| Total Disbursements: | $675,079 |
| Total Receipts: | $698,441 |
| Cash on Hand: | $23,361 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $445,274 |
| Party Contributions: | $48,800 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $151,617 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $18,949 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $675,079 |
| Christine Niedermeier | |
| Total Disbursements: | $551,801 |
| Total Receipts: | $545,638 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $5,834 |
| Candidate Loans: | $4,200 |
| Individual Contributions: | $293,207 |
| Party Contributions: | $65,966 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $163,294 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $688 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $551,801 |
**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/CT/04/1987
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Chris Shays | 11,142 | 38.5% | $675,079 |
| 2 | John Becker | 7,740 | 26.7% | $343,431 |
| 3 | Frank Rich | 7,185 | 24.8% | $65,055 |
| 4 | John Metsopoulos | 2,876 | 9.9% | $15,436 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 28,943 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Christine Niedermeier | 13,422 | 52.6% | $551,801 |
| 2 | Margaret Morton | 7,143 | 28.0% | $145,992 |
| 3 | Michael Morgan | 4,954 | 19.4% | $417,600 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 25,519 | |||