| County | Joe Kennedy (D) |
Clark Abt (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 104,651 | 72.0% | 40,259 | 27.7% | 448 | 0.3% | 64,392 | 145,358 | |||||||||||
| Total R vote: 40,259 (27.7%) Total D vote: 104,651 (72.0%) Total Other vote: 448 (0.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $1,801,727 | $591,652 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $1,822,025 | $594,510 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $20,298 | $2,859 | |||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $15,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $250,000 | $371,751 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $78,145 | $7,850 | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $5,191 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $7,210 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-2,019 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $1,799,708 | $591,652 | |||||||||||||||||
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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**:
| Joe Kennedy | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,801,727 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,822,025 |
| Cash on Hand: | $20,298 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $250,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $78,145 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $5,191 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $7,210 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-2,019 |
| Net Spending: | $1,799,708 |
| Clark Abt | |
| Total Disbursements: | $591,652 |
| Total Receipts: | $594,510 |
| Cash on Hand: | $2,859 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $15,000 |
| Candidate Loans: | $371,751 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $7,850 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $591,652 |
**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/08/1986
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Clark Abt | 5,005 | 73.6% | $591,652 |
| 2 | Joseph Baldanza | 1,756 | 25.8% | $8,290 |
| Other | 37 | 0.5% | ||
| TOTAL VOTES | 6,798 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Joe Kennedy | 59,206 | 52.5% | $1,801,727 |
| 2 | George Bachrach | 34,069 | 30.2% | $726,895 |
| 3 | Melvin King | 10,713 | 9.5% | $299,018 |
| 4 | James Roosevelt, Jr. | 5,611 | 5.0% | $517,688 |
| 5 | Robert Cappucci | 1,417 | 1.3% | $19,451 |
| 6 | Carla Johnston | 594 | 0.5% | $66,802 |
| 7 | Florenzo DiDonato | 384 | 0.3% | |
| 8 | Tom Gallagher | 300 | 0.3% | $130,454 |
| 9 | Robert O'Connell | 215 | 0.2% | |
| 10 | James Spiegel | 201 | 0.2% | $14,748 |
| 11 | Richard Black | 138 | 0.1% | |
| Other | 4 | 0.0% | ||
| TOTAL VOTES | 112,852 | |||