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1998 Nevada Gubernatorial Election

Nevada · 2 candidates · See every 1998 Governor race

Who won the 1998 Nevada Gubernatorial Election?

Kenny Guinn won the 1998 Nevada Gubernatorial Election. Kenny Guinn received 223,892 popular votes (51.63%). The main challenger was Jan Laverty Jones (42.04%).

See the full head-to-head between Guinn and Jones

Guinn +9.6 pts · won by 41,611 votes
Kenny GuinnRepublicanWINNER51.63%
223,892 votes
Jan Laverty JonesDemocratic42.04%
182,281 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 6.3% 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.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.