1998 Iowa Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1998 Iowa Gubernatorial Election?
Tom Vilsack won the 1998 Iowa Gubernatorial Election. Tom Vilsack received 500,231 popular votes (52.3%). The main challenger was Jim Ross Lightfoot (46.51%).
See the full head-to-head between Vilsack and Lightfoot
Vilsack +5.8 pts · won by 55,444 votes
500,231 votes
444,787 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.2% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.