| County | John Tierney (D) |
Peter Torkildsen* (R) |
Martin McNulty (I) |
Randal Fritz (Conservative) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 133,687 | 48.2% | 133,315 | 48.0% | 4,183 | 1.5% | 2,548 | 0.9% | 3,718 | 1.3% | 372 | 277,451 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 133,315 (48.0%) Total D vote: 133,687 (48.2%) Total Other vote: 10,449 (3.8%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $894,802 | $1,120,913 | $0 | $10,249 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $897,697 | $1,120,893 | $0 | $11,793 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $8,501 | $8,865 | $0 | $1,543 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $3,133 | $0 | $0 | $610 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $43,414 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $457,312 | $1,062,367 | $0 | $11,134 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $29,250 | $52,446 | $0 | $22 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $257,235 | $0 | $0 | $15 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $90,976 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $45 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $7,400 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $45 | $-7,400 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $894,847 | $1,113,513 | $0 | $10,249 | |||||||||||||||
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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: Benjamin Gatchell (I), 2,060 votes ; Orrin Smith (Natural Law), 1,379 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| John Tierney | |
| Total Disbursements: | $894,802 |
| Total Receipts: | $897,697 |
| Cash on Hand: | $8,501 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $3,133 |
| Candidate Loans: | $43,414 |
| Individual Contributions: | $457,312 |
| Party Contributions: | $29,250 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $257,235 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $90,976 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $45 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $45 |
| Net Spending: | $894,847 |
| Peter Torkildsen* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,120,913 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,120,893 |
| Cash on Hand: | $8,865 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,062,367 |
| Party Contributions: | $52,446 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $7,400 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-7,400 |
| Net Spending: | $1,113,513 |
| Randal Fritz | |
| Total Disbursements: | $10,249 |
| Total Receipts: | $11,793 |
| Cash on Hand: | $1,543 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $610 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $11,134 |
| Party Contributions: | $22 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $15 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $10,249 |
**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/MA/06/1996
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Peter Torkildsen* | 9,457 | 99.5% | $1,120,913 |
| Other | 43 | 0.5% | ||
| TOTAL VOTES | 9,500 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | John Tierney | 18,115 | 85.5% | $894,802 |
| 2 | John Gutta | 3,044 | 14.4% | |
| Other | 36 | 0.2% | ||
| TOTAL VOTES | 21,195 | |||