1997-98

TOP SENATE - DEBTS OWED

RANK

CANDIDATE

STATE

PARTY

INC

DEBTS

CHL

OWED

OPN

1

ISSA, DARRELL EDWARD

CA

REP

C

$5,812,605

2

FITZGERALD, PETER G

IL

REP

C

$2,520,952

3

BENNETT, ROBERT FOSTER

UT

REP

I

$1,833,848

4

JAMES, BRUCE

NV

REP

C

$1,100,000

5

OWEN, CHARLES

KY

DEM

O

$490,000

6

EDWARDS, JOHN R

NC

DEM

C

$480,533

7

FERRARO, GERALDINE A

NY

DEM

C

$414,788

8

HENRY, STEPHEN LEWIS DR

KY

DEM

O

$170,000

9

FERGUSON, EDGAR SCOTT

AR

DEM

O

$125,000

10

RANGER, EDWARD MCDONALD J

AZ

DEM

C

$100,000

11

ORLOSKI, RICHARD J

PA

DEM

C

$100,000

12

SMITH, LINDA

WA

REP

C

$94,609

13

BAESLER, HENRY SCOTT

KY

DEM

O

$91,232

14

MARSHALL, ROBERT

IL

REP

C

$88,329

15

FONG, MATTHEW K

CA

REP

C

$83,486

16

DIDRICKSON, LOLETA

IL

REP

C

$54,735

17

EGGERT, WILLIAM F

CO

REP

C

$53,950

18

HUDSON, JOE KENNETH

AR

REP

O

$52,038

19

FRANKS, GARY A

CT

REP

C

$50,000

20

BROWN, STEPHEN HENRY

SC

REP

C

$43,403

21

CRAPO, MICHAEL D

ID

REP

O

$40,755

22

GRASSLEY, CHARLES E

IA

REP

I

$34,267

23

SCHMIDT, RONALD GENE

SD

REP

C

$25,000

24

COVERDELL, PAUL DOUGLAS

GA

REP

I

$24,462

25

BRAUN, CAROL MOSELEY

IL

DEM

I

$23,828

26

GOLDING, SUSAN

CA

REP

C

$20,607

27

PRICE, JOHN R

IN

REP

O

$12,809

28

WYDEN, RONALD LEE

OR

DEM

I

$11,287

29

DONELON, JAMES JOSEPH

LA

REP

C

$9,973

30

LAMM, DOROTHY V

CO

DEM

C

$8,784

31

BOYLE, MARY

OH

DEM

O

$5,000

32

GREEN, RICHARD C

CT

REP

C

$4,800

33

AKER, ALAN

SD

REP

C

$3,852

34

MARTIN, DAVID GRIER JR

NC

DEM

C

$2,893

35

DORGAN, BYRON L

ND

DEM

I

$2,706

36

LOFTMAN, BERT A

GA

LIB

C

$2,500

37

RUSTHOVEN, PETER J

IN

REP

O

$1,756

38

CARROLL, JERRY

CA

IND

C

$275

39

HELMKE, PAUL

IN

REP

O

$256