| County | Melvin Watt* (D) |
Scott Keadle (R) |
Michael Smith (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson County (pt.) | 8,396 | 38.3% | 12,837 | 58.6% | 675 | 3.1% | 0 | 0.0% | -4,441 | 21,908 | |||||||||
| Forsyth County (pt.) | 13,768 | 74.8% | 4,462 | 24.2% | 186 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 9,306 | 18,416 | |||||||||
| Iredell County (pt.) | 2,910 | 35.5% | 5,133 | 62.6% | 159 | 1.9% | 0 | 0.0% | -2,223 | 8,202 | |||||||||
| Mecklenburg County (pt.) | 46,280 | 68.8% | 20,103 | 29.9% | 890 | 1.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 26,177 | 67,273 | |||||||||
| Rowan County (pt.) | 10,961 | 35.0% | 19,535 | 62.4% | 803 | 2.6% | 0 | 0.0% | -8,574 | 31,299 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 82,305 | 56.0% | 62,070 | 42.2% | 2,713 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 20,235 | 147,088 | |||||||||
| Total R vote: 62,070 (42.2%) Total D vote: 82,305 (56.0%) Total Other vote: 2,713 (1.8%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $641,416 | $381,546 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $788,524 | $381,661 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $154,435 | $111 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $91,000 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $381,475 | $114,704 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $6,375 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $406,325 | $169,465 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $70,106 | $4,491 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $202 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $70,106 | $4,289 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $711,522 | $385,835 | $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.
|
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Melvin Watt* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $641,416 |
| Total Receipts: | $788,524 |
| Cash on Hand: | $154,435 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $381,475 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $406,325 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $70,106 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $70,106 |
| Net Spending: | $711,522 |
| Scott Keadle | |
| Total Disbursements: | $381,546 |
| Total Receipts: | $381,661 |
| Cash on Hand: | $111 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $91,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $114,704 |
| Party Contributions: | $6,375 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $169,465 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $4,491 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $202 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $4,289 |
| Net Spending: | $385,835 |
**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/NC/12/1998
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Scott Keadle | 3,384 | 28.0% | $381,546 |
| 2 | Jim Cohen | 3,146 | 26.0% | $42,082 |
| 3 | Mike Jackson | 2,271 | 18.8% | $68,083 |
| 4 | Tom Bush | 1,984 | 16.4% | $25,377 |
| 5 | Steve Wood | 802 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | John Kozlowski | 514 | 4.2% | $9,740 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 12,101 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Melvin Watt* | 12,160 | 84.2% | $641,416 |
| 2 | Ronnie Adcock | 2,275 | 15.8% | $4,579 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 14,435 | |||