1998 Ohio Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1998 Ohio Gubernatorial Election?

Bob Taft won the 1998 Ohio Gubernatorial Election. Bob Taft received 1,678,721 popular votes (50.05%). The main challenger was Lee Fisher (44.69%).

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Taft +5.4 pts · won by 179,765 votes
Bob TaftRepublicanWINNER50.05%
1,678,721 votes
1,498,956 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 5.3% 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.