| County | Ken Bentsen* (D) |
Dolly Madison McKenna (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris County (pt.) | 29,396 | 57.3% | 21,892 | 42.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 7,504 | 51,288 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL | 29,396 | 57.3% | 21,892 | 42.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 7,504 | 51,288 | |||||||||||
| Total R vote: 21,892 (42.7%) Total D vote: 29,396 (57.3%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $1,654,345 | $649,716 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $1,692,979 | $648,854 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $41,840 | $-724 | |||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $1,200 | $129,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $649,687 | $335,236 | |||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $57,528 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,035,588 | $120,261 | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $798 | $61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $798 | $61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $1,655,143 | $649,777 | |||||||||||||||||
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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**:
| Ken Bentsen* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,654,345 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,692,979 |
| Cash on Hand: | $41,840 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $1,200 |
| Individual Contributions: | $649,687 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,035,588 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $798 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $798 |
| Net Spending: | $1,655,143 |
| Dolly Madison McKenna | |
| Total Disbursements: | $649,716 |
| Total Receipts: | $648,854 |
| Cash on Hand: | $-724 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $129,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $335,236 |
| Party Contributions: | $57,528 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $120,261 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $61 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $61 |
| Net Spending: | $649,777 |
**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/25/1996
| Open Primary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Ken Bentsen* | D | 43,701 | 34.0% | $1,654,345 |
| 2 | Dolly Madison McKenna | R | 21,898 | 17.1% | $649,716 |
| 3 | Beverly Clark | D | 21,699 | 16.9% | $8,639 |
| 4 | Brent Perry | R | 16,737 | 13.0% | $331,855 |
| 5 | John Devine | R | 9,070 | 7.1% | $87,727 |
| 6 | John Sanchez | R | 8,984 | 7.0% | $174,589 |
| 7 | Ken Mathis | R | 3,649 | 2.8% | $33,692 |
| 8 | Ron Meinke | R | 997 | 0.8% | $41,401 |
| 9 | Lloyd Oliver | R | 827 | 0.6% | |
| 10 | Dotty Collins | R | 561 | 0.4% | |
| 11 | Jerry Freiwirth | Socialist Workers | 270 | 0.2% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 128,393 | ||||