1998 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS FROM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998: US STATE/TERRITORY GOVERNORSHIPS (PART III):
*Colorado (Open): REPUBLICAN GAIN
Bill Owens (R): 648,202 (49.1%)✔
Gail Schoettler (D): 639,905 (48.4%)
*Connecticut: REPUBLICAN HOLD
John G. Rowland (R-incumbent): 628,707 (62.9%)✔
Barbara Kennelly (D): 354,187 (35.4%)
*Florida (Open): REPUBLICAN GAIN
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (R): 2,191,105 (55.3%)✔
Buddy McKay (D): 1,773,054 (44.7%)
*Georgia (Open): DEMOCRATIC HOLD
Roy Barnes (D): 941,076 (52.5%)✔
Guy Millner (R): 790,201 (44.1%)
*Hawaii: DEMOCRATIC HOLD
Benjamin Cayetano (D-incumbent): 204,206 (50.1%)✔
Linda Lingle (R): 198,952 (48.8%)
*Idaho (Open): REPUBLICAN HOLD
Dirk Kempthorne (R): 258,095 (67.7%)✔
Robert Huntley (D): 110,815 (29.1%)
*Illinois (Open): REPUBLICAN HOLD
George Ryan (R): 1,714,094 (51.0%)✔
Glenn Poshard (D): 1,594,191 (47.5%)
*Iowa (Open): DEMOCRATIC GAIN
Tom Vilsack (D): 500,882 (52.3%)✔
Jim Roos Lightfoot (R): 444,787 (46.5%)
*Kansas: REPUBLICAN HOLD
Bill Graves (R-incumbent): 544,882 (73.4%)✔
Tom Sawyer (D): 168,243 (22.7%)
*Maine: INDEPENDENT HOLD
Angus King (I-incumbent): 246,772 (58.61%)✔
Jim Langley (R): 79,716 (18.93%)
*Maryland: DEMOCRATIC HOLD
Paris Glendenning (D-incumbent): 846,972 (55.20%)✔
Ellen Sauerbury (R): 688,357 (44.83%)
*Guam: DEMOCRATIC HOLD
Carl Gutierrez (D-incumbent): 24,250 (51.88%)✔
Joseph Franklin Ada (R): 21,200 (48.35%)
*US Virgin Island: DEMOCRATIC GAIN
Charles Turnbull (D): 19,138 (58.93%)✔
Roy Schneider (I-incumbent): 13,334 (41.06%)
*Massachusetts: REPUBLICAN HOLD
Paul Cellucci (R-incumbent): 967,160 (49.98%)✔
Scott Harshburger (D): 901,843 (46.60%)
*Michigan: REPUBLICAN HOLD
John Engler (R-incumbent): 1,883,005 (62.25%)✔
Geoffrey Fieger (D): 1,143,574 (37.8%)
*Minnesota (Open): REFORM GAIN
Jesse Ventura (RFM): 773,713 (37.0%)
Norm Coleman (R): 717,330 (34.3%)✔
Skip Humphrey (D): 587,528 (28.1%)
*Nebraska (Open): REPUBLICAN GAIN
Mike Johanns (R): 293,910 (53.9%)✔
Bill Hoffner (D): 250,678 (46.0%)
*Nevada (Open): REPUBLICAN GAIN
Kenny Guinn (R): 223,892 (51.6%)✔
Jan Laverty Jones (D): 182,281 (42.0%)
*New Hampshire: DEMOCRATIC HOLD
Jeanne Shaheen (D-incumbent): 210,769 (66.1%)✔
Jay Lucas (R): 98,473 (30.1%)
*New Mexico: REPUBLICAN HOLD
Gary Johnson (R-incumbent): 271,948 (54.5%)✔
Martin Chavez (D): 226,755 (45.5%)
*New York State: REPUBLICAN HOLD
George Pataki (R-incumbent): 2,571,991 (54.3%)✔
Peter Vallone, Sr., (D): 1,570,317 (33.2%)
Tom Golisano (I): 364,056 (7.7%)
*Ohio (Open): REPUBLICAN GAIN
Bob Taft (R): 1,678,721 (50.0%)✔
Lee Fisher (D): 1,498,956 (44.6%)