Beilenson Outspent GOP’s McClintock by 4-3 Margin : Elections: The report underscores congressman’s new fund-raising prowess. Rep.-elect McKeon spent almost four times as much as his rival.

Bucking his reputation as an anemic fund-raiser, Democratic Rep. Anthony C. Beilenson outspent his Republican rival by a 4-3 margin to win a new congressional seat based in the southwest San Fernando Valley.

In another new district next door, stretching from Chatsworth to Palmdale, Rep.-elect Howard P. (Buck) McKeon, a Republican, spent almost four times as much as his Democratic rival.

Beilenson poured $616,264 into his battle against Republican Tom McClintock, who spent $459,327, according to final campaign-finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Beilenson defeated McClintock, a conservative state assemblyman from Thousand Oaks, by a 56%-39% vote in the 24th Congressional District.

The day after the Nov. 3 election, McClintock, a 10-year veteran who gave up his seat to run against Beilenson, announced he was quitting politics.

The reports underscore a newfound fund-raising prowess on the part of Beilenson, who has a longstanding policy of refusing contributions from special-interest political action committees and had not faced a serious challenger in years.

In 1990, he was one of a handful of incumbent congressmen nationwide who were outspent by challengers.

While Beilenson stuck to his no-PACs policy in the Nov. 3 race, nearly 44% of McClintock’s funds came from PACs, the campaign reports indicate. Beilenson raised a total of $576,723 since Jan. 1, and McClintock, $410,829.

Beilenson, a Harvard-trained attorney, also loaned his campaign $50,000 in personal funds.

During the campaign, Beilenson repeatedly attacked McClintock for accepting special-interest money, saying it compromised his integrity.

McClintock said such donations had never influenced his votes, and that PACs representing conservative and pro-business causes gave him money because they agree with his political philosophies.

Among the PACs contributing to his campaign were those representing gun owners, beer wholesalers, utility contractors, car dealers, chiropractors and the National Right to Work Committee, which opposes labor unions.

By contrast, all of Beilenson’s funds except his self-loan came from more than 2,200 individuals, including numerous attorneys and Hollywood figures such as director Arthur Hiller and actor Rue McClanahan, who lives in Encino.

McClintock also benefited from entertainment-industry contributions, his reports showed.

Among those giving him $1,000 were producer Jerry Weintraub and actress Pia Zadora.

Neither Beilenson nor McClintock could be reached for comment Thursday.

Beilenson’s report also showed several contributions from people involved in preserving the Santa Monica Mountains.

The congressman sponsored legislation creating a national recreation area in the mountains and has championed the spending of millions of federal dollars to acquire private land for parks there.

Among the donors were Joseph T. Edmiston, head of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, a state agency that buys parkland, and Madelyn Glickfeld, a member of the state Coastal Commission who is known as a mountains conservationist.

McClintock also received $9,000 from Republican Party organizations at the state and national level; Beilenson received no party funds.

McKeon, a wealthy Santa Clarita banker and clothing retailer, raised $317,014 and spent $432,190, his reports indicated.

McKeon also loaned his campaign $126,000 in personal funds and has not repaid any of it so far.

McKeon won the 25th Congressional District seat by a margin of 51% to 33%.

His total spending amounted to nearly four times as much as Democrat James Gilmartin, a Saugus lawyer who paid out $109,398.

Gilmartin raised $62,398 from individuals and loaned his campaign $100,000, according to the reports.

Nearly $59,000 of the loan, which he received from the Bank of America, has been repaid to date.

A third candidate, Palmdale screenwriter Rick Pamplin, who backed Ross Perot, spent about $18,000. Pamplin drew 6.5% of the vote.