| County | Lamar Smith (R) |
Pete Snelson (D) |
Jim Robinson (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 100,346 | 60.6% | 63,779 | 38.5% | 1,432 | 0.9% | 10 | 0.0% | 36,567 | 165,567 | |||||||||
| Total R vote: 100,346 (60.6%) Total D vote: 63,779 (38.5%) Total Other vote: 1,442 (0.9%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $1,032,122 | $345,117 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $1,036,503 | $346,456 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $4,379 | $1,340 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $17,290 | $35,750 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $127,983 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $122,076 | $107,363 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $18,829 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $671 | $11,357 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $671 | $11,357 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $1,032,793 | $356,474 | $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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Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Lamar Smith | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,032,122 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,036,503 |
| Cash on Hand: | $4,379 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $17,290 |
| Candidate Loans: | $127,983 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $122,076 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $18,829 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $671 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $671 |
| Net Spending: | $1,032,793 |
| Pete Snelson | |
| Total Disbursements: | $345,117 |
| Total Receipts: | $346,456 |
| Cash on Hand: | $1,340 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $35,750 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $107,363 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $11,357 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $11,357 |
| Net Spending: | $356,474 |
**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/TX/21/1986
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Lamar Smith | 18,390 | 31.1% | $1,032,122 |
| 2 | Van Archer | 14,616 | 24.7% | $284,679 |
| 3 | Jeff Wentworth | 11,781 | 19.9% | $434,054 |
| 4 | Thane Atkins | 8,103 | 13.7% | |
| 5 | Henry Gandy | 5,809 | 9.8% | $136,930 |
| 6 | Duke Embs | 376 | 0.6% | $3,827 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 59,075 | |||
| Republican Runoff | ||||
| 1 | Lamar Smith | 18,140 | 53.6% | |
| 2 | Van Archer | 15,709 | 46.4% | |
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Pete Snelson | 18,211 | 57.3% | $345,117 |
| 2 | David Hunsicker | 6,102 | 19.2% | $85,234 |
| 3 | Joe Sullivan | 5,076 | 16.0% | $2,600 |
| 4 | Terry Lowry | 2,368 | 7.5% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 31,757 | |||