| County | David Obey* (D) |
Scott West (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland County | 4,497 | 67.0% | 2,214 | 33.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,283 | 6,711 | |||||||||||
| Bayfield County | 4,739 | 65.7% | 2,473 | 34.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,266 | 7,212 | |||||||||||
| Burnett County | 4,133 | 60.8% | 2,668 | 39.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,465 | 6,801 | |||||||||||
| Chippewa County (pt.) | 11,616 | 56.1% | 9,087 | 43.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,529 | 20,703 | |||||||||||
| Clark County (pt.) | 2,831 | 54.6% | 2,355 | 45.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 476 | 5,186 | |||||||||||
| Douglas County | 12,161 | 67.1% | 5,964 | 32.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 6,197 | 18,125 | |||||||||||
| Eau Claire County (pt.) | 206 | 56.3% | 160 | 43.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 46 | 366 | |||||||||||
| Iron County | 2,029 | 61.5% | 1,271 | 38.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 758 | 3,300 | |||||||||||
| Lincoln County | 6,888 | 55.9% | 5,428 | 44.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,460 | 12,316 | |||||||||||
| Marathon County | 26,019 | 50.8% | 25,227 | 49.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 792 | 51,246 | |||||||||||
| Oneida County (pt.) | 3,442 | 60.8% | 2,216 | 39.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,226 | 5,658 | |||||||||||
| Polk County (pt.) | 5,106 | 63.5% | 2,930 | 36.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,176 | 8,036 | |||||||||||
| Portage County | 16,954 | 58.1% | 12,234 | 41.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,720 | 29,188 | |||||||||||
| Price County | 4,200 | 58.3% | 3,010 | 41.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,190 | 7,210 | |||||||||||
| Rusk County | 3,829 | 60.1% | 2,543 | 39.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,286 | 6,372 | |||||||||||
| Sawyer County | 3,122 | 50.3% | 3,081 | 49.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 41 | 6,203 | |||||||||||
| Taylor County | 4,014 | 52.0% | 3,703 | 48.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 311 | 7,717 | |||||||||||
| Washburn County | 3,789 | 56.2% | 2,956 | 43.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 833 | 6,745 | |||||||||||
| Wood County | 17,853 | 56.3% | 13,845 | 43.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,008 | 31,698 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL | 137,428 | 57.0% | 103,365 | 42.9% | 105 | 0.0% | 34,063 | 240,898 | |||||||||||
| Total R vote: 103,365 (42.9%) Total D vote: 137,428 (57.0%) Total Other vote: 105 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $862,370 | $161,402 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $809,316 | $162,196 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $179,009 | $866 | |||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $1,946 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $6,847 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $332,856 | $112,982 | |||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $20,500 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $439,848 | $14,620 | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $54 | $3,466 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $2,038 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-1,984 | $3,466 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $860,386 | $164,868 | |||||||||||||||||
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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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Campaign finance data for this election**:
| David Obey* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $862,370 |
| Total Receipts: | $809,316 |
| Cash on Hand: | $179,009 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $332,856 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $439,848 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $54 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $2,038 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-1,984 |
| Net Spending: | $860,386 |
| Scott West | |
| Total Disbursements: | $161,402 |
| Total Receipts: | $162,196 |
| Cash on Hand: | $866 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $1,946 |
| Candidate Loans: | $6,847 |
| Individual Contributions: | $112,982 |
| Party Contributions: | $20,500 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $14,620 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $3,466 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $3,466 |
| Net Spending: | $164,868 |
**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/WI/07/1996
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Scott West | 14,448 | 41.3% | $161,402 |
| 2 | Dave Zien | 12,441 | 35.5% | $111,236 |
| 3 | Don Schlomann | 4,836 | 13.8% | $109,567 |
| 4 | Charles Wenzel | 3,248 | 9.3% | |
| Other | 39 | 0.1% | ||
| TOTAL VOTES | 35,012 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | David Obey* | 30,610 | 99.8% | $862,370 |
| Other | 70 | 0.2% | ||
| TOTAL VOTES | 30,680 | |||