| County | Chris Smith* (R) |
Joseph Merlino (D) |
William Harris (Libertarian) |
Paul Rizzo (I) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 85,660 | 52.7% | 75,658 | 46.5% | 662 | 0.4% | 374 | 0.2% | 241 | 0.1% | 10,002 | 162,595 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 85,660 (52.7%) Total D vote: 75,658 (46.5%) Total Other vote: 1,277 (0.8%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $319,212 | $305,235 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $319,745 | $271,493 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $2,963 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $1,681 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $1,282 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $320,494 | $305,235 | $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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Other candidates included: Eugene Creech (World Federalist), 241 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Chris Smith* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $319,212 |
| Total Receipts: | $319,745 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $2,963 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $1,681 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $1,282 |
| Net Spending: | $320,494 |
| Joseph Merlino | |
| Total Disbursements: | $305,235 |
| Total Receipts: | $271,493 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $305,235 |
**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/NJ/04/1982
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Chris Smith* | 15,295 | 100.0% | $319,212 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 15,295 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Joseph Merlino | 19,453 | 58.0% | $305,235 |
| 2 | Craig Yates | 14,058 | 42.0% | $171,097 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 33,511 | |||