| County | Bob Franks* (R) |
Larry Lerner (D) |
Dorothy DeLaura (Conservative) |
Nicholas Gentile (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex County (pt.) | 6,327 | 61.1% | 3,937 | 38.0% | 62 | 0.6% | 9 | 0.1% | 20 | 0.2% | 2,390 | 10,355 | |||||||
| Middlesex County (pt.) | 23,951 | 49.8% | 23,113 | 48.1% | 663 | 1.4% | 202 | 0.4% | 168 | 0.3% | 838 | 48,097 | |||||||
| Somerset County (pt.) | 34,206 | 57.6% | 23,529 | 39.6% | 1,050 | 1.8% | 418 | 0.7% | 154 | 0.3% | 10,677 | 59,357 | |||||||
| Union County (pt.) | 64,333 | 56.1% | 46,704 | 40.7% | 2,301 | 2.0% | 1,064 | 0.9% | 354 | 0.3% | 17,629 | 114,756 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 128,817 | 55.4% | 97,283 | 41.8% | 4,076 | 1.8% | 1,693 | 0.7% | 696 | 0.3% | 31,534 | 232,565 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 128,817 (55.4%) Total D vote: 97,283 (41.8%) Total Other vote: 6,465 (2.8%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $1,305,753 | $801,815 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $1,196,918 | $808,625 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $65,266 | $6,810 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $200 | $4,000 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $8,000 | $486,000 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $872,219 | $239,509 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $23,885 | $4,350 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $284,359 | $73,950 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $45 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $45 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $1,305,798 | $801,815 | $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: Robert Robertson (Socialist Workers), 696 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Bob Franks* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,305,753 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,196,918 |
| Cash on Hand: | $65,266 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $200 |
| Candidate Loans: | $8,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $872,219 |
| Party Contributions: | $23,885 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $284,359 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $45 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $45 |
| Net Spending: | $1,305,798 |
| Larry Lerner | |
| Total Disbursements: | $801,815 |
| Total Receipts: | $808,625 |
| Cash on Hand: | $6,810 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $4,000 |
| Candidate Loans: | $486,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $239,509 |
| Party Contributions: | $4,350 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $73,950 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $801,815 |
**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/07/1996
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Bob Franks* | 14,193 | 100.0% | $1,305,753 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 14,193 | |||