| County | Walter Capps (D) |
Andrea Seastrand* (R) |
Stephen Wheeler (I) |
Dick Porter (Reform) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Luis Obispo County | 44,879 | 45.0% | 46,372 | 46.5% | 4,456 | 4.5% | 2,098 | 2.1% | 2,004 | 2.0% | -1,493 | 99,809 | |||||||
| Santa Barbara County (pt.) | 73,420 | 50.9% | 61,615 | 42.7% | 5,389 | 3.7% | 1,877 | 1.3% | 2,078 | 1.4% | 11,805 | 144,379 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 118,299 | 48.4% | 107,987 | 44.2% | 9,845 | 4.0% | 3,975 | 1.6% | 4,080 | 1.7% | 10,312 | 244,186 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 107,987 (44.2%) Total D vote: 118,299 (48.4%) Total Other vote: 17,900 (7.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $904,831 | $1,244,151 | $69,817 | $103,320 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $962,629 | $1,266,561 | $69,275 | $103,320 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $58,456 | $24,135 | $126 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $31,418 | $320 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $22,732 | $103,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $694,751 | $748,788 | $6,485 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $33,400 | $1,599 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $232,237 | $457,910 | $5,000 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $54,297 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $37,466 | $55,454 | $158 | $158 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $127,453 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $37,466 | $-71,999 | $158 | $158 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $942,297 | $1,172,152 | $69,975 | $103,478 | |||||||||||||||
|
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
|
|
Other candidates included: David Bersohn (Libertarian), 2,233 votes ; Dawn Tomastik (Natural Law), 1,847 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Walter Capps | |
| Total Disbursements: | $904,831 |
| Total Receipts: | $962,629 |
| Cash on Hand: | $58,456 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $694,751 |
| Party Contributions: | $33,400 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $232,237 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $37,466 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $37,466 |
| Net Spending: | $942,297 |
| Andrea Seastrand* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,244,151 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,266,561 |
| Cash on Hand: | $24,135 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $748,788 |
| Party Contributions: | $1,599 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $457,910 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $54,297 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $55,454 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $127,453 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-71,999 |
| Net Spending: | $1,172,152 |
| Stephen Wheeler | |
| Total Disbursements: | $69,817 |
| Total Receipts: | $69,275 |
| Cash on Hand: | $126 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $31,418 |
| Candidate Loans: | $22,732 |
| Individual Contributions: | $6,485 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $5,000 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $158 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $158 |
| Net Spending: | $69,975 |
| Dick Porter | |
| Total Disbursements: | $103,320 |
| Total Receipts: | $103,320 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $320 |
| Candidate Loans: | $103,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $158 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $158 |
| Net Spending: | $103,478 |
**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/22/1996
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Andrea Seastrand* | 64,466 | 99.9% | $1,244,151 |
| 2 | Stephen Wheeler | 37 | 0.1% | $69,817 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 64,503 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Walter Capps | 52,668 | 100.0% | $904,831 |
| 2 | Stephen Wheeler | 17 | 0.0% | $69,817 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 52,685 | |||