| County | Robert Menendez* (D) |
Carlos Munoz (R) |
Herbert Shaw (Politicians Are Crooks) |
Mike Buoncristiano (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex County (pt.) | 14,758 | 84.5% | 2,394 | 13.7% | 157 | 0.9% | 75 | 0.4% | 79 | 0.5% | 12,364 | 17,463 | |||||||
| Hudson County (pt.) | 80,388 | 78.6% | 17,645 | 17.3% | 1,644 | 1.6% | 1,732 | 1.7% | 851 | 0.8% | 62,743 | 102,260 | |||||||
| Middlesex County (pt.) | 13,076 | 74.0% | 3,941 | 22.3% | 276 | 1.6% | 247 | 1.4% | 122 | 0.7% | 9,135 | 17,662 | |||||||
| Union County (pt.) | 7,235 | 79.6% | 1,446 | 15.9% | 59 | 0.6% | 40 | 0.4% | 305 | 3.4% | 5,789 | 9,085 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 115,457 | 78.8% | 25,426 | 17.4% | 2,136 | 1.5% | 2,094 | 1.4% | 1,357 | 0.9% | 90,031 | 146,470 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 25,426 (17.4%) Total D vote: 115,457 (78.8%) Total Other vote: 5,587 (3.8%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $379,469 | $0 | $0 | $17,549 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $908,485 | $0 | $0 | $18,769 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $690,692 | $25 | $0 | $318 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $653,945 | $0 | $0 | $9,546 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $252,401 | $0 | $0 | $700 | |||||||||||||||
| 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: | $379,514 | $0 | $0 | $17,549 | |||||||||||||||
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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: William Estrada (I), 720 votes ; Rupert Ravens (Natural Law), 637 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Robert Menendez* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $379,469 |
| Total Receipts: | $908,485 |
| Cash on Hand: | $690,692 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $653,945 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $252,401 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $45 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $45 |
| Net Spending: | $379,514 |
| Mike Buoncristiano | |
| Total Disbursements: | $17,549 |
| Total Receipts: | $18,769 |
| Cash on Hand: | $318 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $2,000 |
| Candidate Loans: | $5,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $9,546 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $700 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $17,549 |
**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/13/1996
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Carlos Munoz | 2,482 | 58.7% | |
| 2 | Kenneth Suria | 1,284 | 30.3% | $458 |
| 3 | Richard Hester | 465 | 11.0% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 4,231 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Robert Menendez* | 34,685 | 92.8% | $379,469 |
| 2 | Christopher Curioli | 2,685 | 7.2% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 37,370 | |||