1998 Governor election results

36 races · 36 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1998 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1998 Governor results by state
State	Winner	Result
Alabama	Don Siegelman D	752,087 votes · +205,583 over Fob James
Alaska	Tony Knowles D	112,879 votes · +72,670 over Robin L. Taylor
Arizona	Jane Dee Hull R	620,188 votes · +258,636 over Paul Johnson
Arkansas	Mike Huckabee R	421,989 votes · +149,066 over Bill Bristow
California	Gray Davis D	4,860,702 votes · +1,642,672 over Dan Lungren
Colorado	Bill Owens R	648,202 votes · +8,297 over Gail Schoettler
Connecticut	John G. Rowland R	628,707 votes · +274,520 over Barbara B. Kennelly
Florida	Jeb Bush R	2,191,105 votes · +418,051 over Buddy MacKay
Georgia	Roy Barnes D	941,076 votes · +150,875 over Guy W. Millner
Hawaii	Ben Cayetano D	204,206 votes · +5,254 over Linda Lingle
Idaho	Dirk Kempthorne R	258,095 votes · +147,280 over Robert Huntley
Illinois	George Ryan R	1,714,094 votes · +119,903 over Glenn Poshard
Iowa	Tom Vilsack D	500,231 votes · +55,444 over Jim Ross Lightfoot
Kansas	Bill Graves R	544,882 votes · +376,639 over Tom Sawyer
Maine	Angus S. King Jr.I	246,772 votes · +167,056 over James B. Longley Jr.
Maryland	Parris Glendening D	846,972 votes · +158,615 over Ellen Sauerbrey
Massachusetts	Paul Cellucci R	967,160 votes · +65,317 over Scott Harshbarger
Michigan	John Engler R	1,883,005 votes · +739,431 over Geoffrey Fieger
Minnesota	Jesse VenturaRf	773,713 votes · +56,363 over Norm Coleman
Nebraska	Mike Johanns R	293,910 votes · +43,232 over Bill Hoppner
Nevada	Kenny Guinn R	223,892 votes · +41,611 over Jan Laverty Jones
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen D	210,769 votes · +112,296 over Jay Lucas
New Mexico	Gary Johnson R	271,948 votes · +45,193 over Martin Chávez
New York	George Pataki R	2,571,991 votes · +1,001,674 over Peter Vallone Sr.
Ohio	Bob Taft R	1,678,721 votes · +179,765 over Lee Fisher
Oklahoma	Frank Keating R	505,498 votes · +147,946 over Laura Boyd
Oregon	John Kitzhaber D	717,061 votes · +383,060 over Bill Sizemore
Pennsylvania	Tom Ridge R	1,736,844 votes · +798,099 over Ivan Itkin
Rhode Island	Lincoln Almond R	156,180 votes · +27,075 over Myrth York
South Carolina	Jim Hodges D	570,070 votes · +85,982 over David Beasley
South Dakota	Bill Janklow R	166,621 votes · +81,148 over Bernie Hunhoff
Tennessee	Don Sundquist R	669,973 votes · +382,223 over John Jay Hooker
Texas	George W. Bush R	2,550,821 votes · +1,385,229 over Garry Mauro
Vermont	Howard Dean D	121,425 votes · +31,699 over Ruth Dwyer
Wisconsin	Tommy Thompson R	1,047,716 votes · +368,163 over Ed Garvey
Wyoming	Jim Geringer R	97,235 votes · +26,481 over John Vinich