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1996-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for Tennessee (District 08)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
State:
Congressional District:
(House elections)


Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County John Tanner*
(D)
Tom Watson
(R)
Donna Malone
(I)
Other Margin TOTAL
Benton County5,27474.3%1,62822.9%1982.8%00.0%3,646 7,100
Carroll County6,71972.2%2,42726.1%1631.8%00.0%4,292 9,309
Crockett County2,90571.8%1,09026.9%531.3%00.0%1,815 4,048
Dyer County7,61870.0%3,01327.7%2482.3%00.0%4,605 10,879
Gibson County12,18178.4%3,11320.0%2471.6%00.0%9,068 15,541
Haywood County4,14973.7%1,41525.1%681.2%00.0%2,734 5,632
Henry County7,21072.9%2,51525.4%1641.7%00.0%4,695 9,889
Houston County1,74077.7%46320.7%371.7%00.0%1,277 2,240
Humphreys County4,04872.3%1,37224.5%1803.2%00.0%2,676 5,600
Lake County1,52785.0%25914.4%110.6%00.0%1,268 1,797
Lauderdale County5,12474.8%1,60723.5%1201.8%00.0%3,517 6,851
Madison County18,90365.1%9,57233.0%5571.9%00.0%9,331 29,032
Obion County8,62281.2%1,53714.5%890.8%3683.5%7,085 10,616
Shelby County (pt.)18,62551.4%15,56242.9%2,0385.6%90.0%3,063 36,234
Stewart County2,52573.9%81723.9%742.2%00.0%1,708 3,416
Tipton County8,18856.2%6,06441.6%3282.2%00.0%2,124 14,580
Weakley County8,32374.8%2,57023.1%2412.2%00.0%5,753 11,134
TOTAL 123,68167.3% 55,02429.9% 4,8162.6% 3770.2% 68,657 183,898
Total R vote: 55,024 (29.9%)      Total D vote: 123,681 (67.3%)      Total Other vote: 5,193 (2.8%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $395,726 $14,478 $0
Total Receipts: $434,166 $14,494 $0
Cash on Hand: $435,913 $0 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $8,000 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $140,586 $6,494 $0
Party Contributions: $2,127 $0 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $253,683 $0 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $13 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $13 $0 $0
Net Spending: $395,739 $14,478 $0

**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/TN/08/1996

Campaign finance data for this election**:

John Tanner*
Total Disbursements: $395,726
Total Receipts: $434,166
Cash on Hand: $435,913
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $140,586
Party Contributions: $2,127
Other Committee Contributions: $253,683
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $13
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $13
Net Spending: $395,739



Tom Watson
Total Disbursements: $14,478
Total Receipts: $14,494
Cash on Hand: $0
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $8,000
Individual Contributions: $6,494
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $14,478



**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/TN/08/1996


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Tom Watson 10,106 52.6% $14,478
2   Sonny Carlotta 5,120 26.7% $167,875
3   John Vinson 2,294 11.9% $416
4   Al Edwards 1,681 8.8% $3,747
TOTAL VOTES 19,201    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   John Tanner* 34,271 100.0% $395,726
    Other 5 0.0%  
TOTAL VOTES 34,276