| County | Melvin Price* (D) |
Bob Gaffner (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 65,722 | 50.4% | 64,779 | 49.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 943 | 130,501 | |||||||||||
| Total R vote: 64,779 (49.6%) Total D vote: 65,722 (50.4%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $143,009 | $137,353 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $127,045 | $150,447 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $3,094 | $13,703 | |||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $4,615 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $16,550 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $113,175 | $45,818 | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $13,458 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $44 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-44 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $142,965 | $137,353 | |||||||||||||||||
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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**:
| Melvin Price* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $143,009 |
| Total Receipts: | $127,045 |
| Cash on Hand: | $3,094 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $113,175 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $44 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-44 |
| Net Spending: | $142,965 |
| Bob Gaffner | |
| Total Disbursements: | $137,353 |
| Total Receipts: | $150,447 |
| Cash on Hand: | $13,703 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $4,615 |
| Candidate Loans: | $16,550 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $45,818 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $13,458 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $137,353 |
**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/IL/21/1986
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Bob Gaffner | 7,213 | 69.2% | $137,353 |
| 2 | David Wheeler | 3,205 | 30.8% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 10,418 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Melvin Price* | 25,660 | 52.5% | $143,009 |
| 2 | Pete Fields | 19,340 | 39.5% | $86,446 |
| 3 | Ronald Lucas | 2,527 | 5.2% | $4,390 |
| 4 | Steve Maragides | 1,386 | 2.8% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 48,913 | |||