| County | Ken Bentsen* (D) |
John Sanchez (R) |
Eric Atkisson (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris County (pt.) | 58,591 | 57.9% | 41,848 | 41.3% | 830 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 16,743 | 101,269 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 58,591 | 57.9% | 41,848 | 41.3% | 830 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 16,743 | 101,269 | |||||||||
| Total R vote: 41,848 (41.3%) Total D vote: 58,591 (57.9%) Total Other vote: 830 (0.8%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $892,840 | $274,895 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $852,132 | $274,667 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $1,131 | $-27 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $13,086 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $96,202 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $354,810 | $130,199 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $1,114 | $7,500 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $460,184 | $38,400 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $0 | $1,723 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 | $1,723 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $892,840 | $276,618 | $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**:
| Ken Bentsen* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $892,840 |
| Total Receipts: | $852,132 |
| Cash on Hand: | $1,131 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $13,086 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $354,810 |
| Party Contributions: | $1,114 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $460,184 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $892,840 |
| John Sanchez | |
| Total Disbursements: | $274,895 |
| Total Receipts: | $274,667 |
| Cash on Hand: | $-27 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $96,202 |
| Individual Contributions: | $130,199 |
| Party Contributions: | $7,500 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $38,400 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $1,723 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $1,723 |
| Net Spending: | $276,618 |
**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/25/1998
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | John Sanchez | 6,673 | 47.5% | $274,895 |
| 2 | Beverly Clark | 5,027 | 35.7% | $43,612 |
| 3 | Bill Brock | 2,362 | 16.8% | $30 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 14,062 | |||
| Republican Runoff | ||||
| 1 | John Sanchez | 6,057 | 60.5% | |
| 2 | Beverly Clark | 3,953 | 39.5% | |