| County | Gene Taylor* (D) |
Randy McDonnell (R) |
Ray Coffey (Libertarian) |
Bob Claunch (Reform) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 78,661 | 77.8% | 19,341 | 19.1% | 1,530 | 1.5% | 1,065 | 1.1% | 498 | 0.5% | 59,320 | 101,095 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 19,341 (19.1%) Total D vote: 78,661 (77.8%) Total Other vote: 3,093 (3.1%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $233,630 | $7,980 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $312,659 | $7,980 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $83,100 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $4,271 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $125,779 | $2,709 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $22,650 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $177,620 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $233,630 | $7,980 | $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: Philip Mayeux (Natural Law), 498 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Gene Taylor* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $233,630 |
| Total Receipts: | $312,659 |
| Cash on Hand: | $83,100 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $125,779 |
| Party Contributions: | $22,650 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $177,620 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $233,630 |
| Randy McDonnell | |
| Total Disbursements: | $7,980 |
| Total Receipts: | $7,980 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $4,271 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,709 |
| Party Contributions: | $1,000 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $7,980 |
**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/MS/05/1998
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Randy McDonnell | 1,875 | 45.6% | $7,980 |
| 2 | Karl Mertz | 1,596 | 38.8% | |
| 3 | Shawn O'Hara | 639 | 15.5% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 4,110 | |||
| Republican Runoff | ||||
| 1 | Randy McDonnell | 1,853 | 52.8% | |
| 2 | Karl Mertz | 1,658 | 47.2% | |
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
No Democrat primary | ||||