| County | Sonny Bono* (R) |
Anita Rufus (D) |
Donald Cochran (American Independent) |
Karen Wilkinson (Natural Law) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County (pt.) | 110,643 | 57.7% | 73,844 | 38.5% | 3,888 | 2.0% | 3,143 | 1.6% | 110 | 0.1% | 36,799 | 191,628 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 110,643 | 57.7% | 73,844 | 38.5% | 3,888 | 2.0% | 3,143 | 1.6% | 110 | 0.1% | 36,799 | 191,628 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 110,643 (57.7%) Total D vote: 73,844 (38.5%) Total Other vote: 7,141 (3.7%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $459,527 | $116,240 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $475,769 | $116,441 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $24,289 | $199 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $23,250 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $223,419 | $76,248 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $1,735 | $600 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $247,361 | $16,275 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $0 | $412 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 | $412 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $459,527 | $116,652 | $0 | $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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Other candidates included: Bud Mathewson (Write-in), 110 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Sonny Bono* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $459,527 |
| Total Receipts: | $475,769 |
| Cash on Hand: | $24,289 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $223,419 |
| Party Contributions: | $1,735 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $247,361 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $459,527 |
| Anita Rufus | |
| Total Disbursements: | $116,240 |
| Total Receipts: | $116,441 |
| Cash on Hand: | $199 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $23,250 |
| Individual Contributions: | $76,248 |
| Party Contributions: | $600 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $16,275 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $412 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $412 |
| Net Spending: | $116,652 |
**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/44/1996
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Sonny Bono* | 56,236 | 100.0% | $459,527 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 56,236 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Anita Rufus | 21,597 | 57.8% | $116,240 |
| 2 | Paul Hurst | 15,741 | 42.2% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 37,338 | |||