| County | Anna Eshoo* (D) |
Ben Brink (R) |
Timothy Thompson (Peace & Freedom) |
Joe Dehn (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Mateo County (pt.) | 61,603 | 66.3% | 27,808 | 29.9% | 1,382 | 1.5% | 1,265 | 1.4% | 795 | 0.9% | 33,795 | 92,853 | |||||||
| Santa Clara County (pt.) | 87,710 | 63.9% | 43,765 | 31.9% | 2,271 | 1.7% | 2,227 | 1.6% | 1,349 | 1.0% | 43,945 | 137,322 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 149,313 | 64.9% | 71,573 | 31.1% | 3,653 | 1.6% | 3,492 | 1.5% | 2,144 | 0.9% | 77,740 | 230,175 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 71,573 (31.1%) Total D vote: 149,313 (64.9%) Total Other vote: 9,289 (4.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $544,566 | $432,849 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $575,018 | $453,937 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $181,691 | $25,318 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $164,442 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $318,488 | $274,868 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $300 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $246,315 | $3,500 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $2,090 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $2,090 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $546,656 | $432,849 | $0 | $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.
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Other candidates included: Robert Wells (Natural Law), 2,144 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Anna Eshoo* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $544,566 |
| Total Receipts: | $575,018 |
| Cash on Hand: | $181,691 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $318,488 |
| Party Contributions: | $300 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $246,315 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $2,090 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $2,090 |
| Net Spending: | $546,656 |
| Ben Brink | |
| Total Disbursements: | $432,849 |
| Total Receipts: | $453,937 |
| Cash on Hand: | $25,318 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $164,442 |
| Individual Contributions: | $274,868 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $3,500 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $432,849 |
**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/CA/14/1996
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Ben Brink | 35,846 | 86.3% | $432,849 |
| 2 | Trafton Muller | 5,711 | 13.7% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 41,557 | |||