| County | Solomon Ortiz* (D) |
Joe Gardner (R) |
Kevin Richardson (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron County | 36,904 | 68.9% | 15,985 | 29.9% | 644 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 20,919 | 53,533 | |||||||||
| Kenedy County | 143 | 71.9% | 54 | 27.1% | 2 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 89 | 199 | |||||||||
| Kleberg County (pt.) | 2,400 | 66.4% | 1,158 | 32.0% | 56 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,242 | 3,614 | |||||||||
| Nueces County | 57,112 | 62.0% | 33,512 | 36.4% | 1,554 | 1.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 23,600 | 92,178 | |||||||||
| Willacy County (pt.) | 791 | 73.5% | 255 | 23.7% | 30 | 2.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 536 | 1,076 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 97,350 | 64.6% | 50,964 | 33.8% | 2,286 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 46,386 | 150,600 | |||||||||
| Total R vote: 50,964 (33.8%) Total D vote: 97,350 (64.6%) Total Other vote: 2,286 (1.5%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $411,816 | $96,900 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $405,678 | $97,121 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $34,307 | $218 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $25,000 | $27,500 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $217,163 | $66,413 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $0 | $506 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $147,850 | $2,702 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $5,600 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $152 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $152 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $411,968 | $96,900 | $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**:
| Solomon Ortiz* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $411,816 |
| Total Receipts: | $405,678 |
| Cash on Hand: | $34,307 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $25,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $217,163 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $147,850 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $5,600 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $152 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $152 |
| Net Spending: | $411,968 |
| Joe Gardner | |
| Total Disbursements: | $96,900 |
| Total Receipts: | $97,121 |
| Cash on Hand: | $218 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $27,500 |
| Individual Contributions: | $66,413 |
| Party Contributions: | $506 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $2,702 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $96,900 |
**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/27/1996
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Solomon Ortiz* | 37,434 | 69.9% | $411,816 |
| 2 | Mary Berlanga | 16,097 | 30.1% | $124,284 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 53,531 | |||