| County | Chris Smith* (R) |
Larry Schneider (D) |
Keith Quarles (Libertarian) |
Morgan Strong (Conservative) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington County (pt.) | 12,487 | 59.8% | 7,701 | 36.9% | 353 | 1.7% | 144 | 0.7% | 179 | 0.9% | 4,786 | 20,864 | |||||||
| Mercer County (pt.) | 22,860 | 54.1% | 18,200 | 43.1% | 580 | 1.4% | 249 | 0.6% | 358 | 0.8% | 4,660 | 42,247 | |||||||
| Monmouth County (pt.) | 17,777 | 68.4% | 7,209 | 27.7% | 385 | 1.5% | 351 | 1.4% | 257 | 1.0% | 10,568 | 25,979 | |||||||
| Ocean County (pt.) | 39,867 | 65.9% | 19,171 | 31.7% | 435 | 0.7% | 754 | 1.2% | 260 | 0.4% | 20,696 | 60,487 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 92,991 | 62.2% | 52,281 | 35.0% | 1,753 | 1.2% | 1,498 | 1.0% | 1,054 | 0.7% | 40,710 | 149,577 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 92,991 (62.2%) Total D vote: 52,281 (35.0%) Total Other vote: 4,305 (2.9%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $317,824 | $37,604 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $429,388 | $39,036 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $215,053 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $8,400 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $248,544 | $24,798 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $173,027 | $6,500 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $539 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $539 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $318,363 | $37,604 | $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: Nick Mellis (Green), 1,054 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Chris Smith* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $317,824 |
| Total Receipts: | $429,388 |
| Cash on Hand: | $215,053 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $248,544 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $173,027 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $539 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $539 |
| Net Spending: | $318,363 |
| Larry Schneider | |
| Total Disbursements: | $37,604 |
| Total Receipts: | $39,036 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $8,400 |
| Individual Contributions: | $24,798 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $6,500 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $37,604 |
**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/04/1998
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Chris Smith* | 10,526 | 100.0% | $317,824 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 10,526 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Larry Schneider | 6,238 | 78.3% | $37,604 |
| 2 | Paul Rizzo | 1,099 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Lewis Smith | 316 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Paul Teel | 311 | 3.9% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 7,964 | |||