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1998 Arizona gubernatorial election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1998 Arizona gubernatorial election

| country = Arizona

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1994 Arizona gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1994

| next_election = 2002 Arizona gubernatorial election

| next_year = 2002

| election_date = November 3, 1998

| image1 = Jane Dee Hull 2001 cropped.jpg

| image_upright = 0.6

| nominee1 = Jane Dee Hull

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 620,188

| percentage1 = 60.9%

| image2 = Paul Johnson by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| nominee2 = Paul Johnson

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 361,552

| percentage2 = 35.5%

| map_image = 1998 Arizona gubernatorial election results map by county.svg

| map_size = 210px

| map_caption = County results
Hull: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}
Johnson: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}}

| title = Governor

| before_election = Jane Dee Hull

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Jane Dee Hull

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{ElectionsAZ}}

The 1998 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998, for the post of Governor of Arizona. Jane Dee Hull, the incumbent Republican Governor of Arizona, defeated the Democratic nominee and Mayor of Phoenix, Paul Johnson in a landslide victory. Hull became the first woman to win a gubernatorial election in Arizona, although not the first woman to serve as governor of Arizona, (a distinction held by Democrat Rose Mofford, who ascended to the position in 1988 upon Republican Evan Mecham's impeachment and removal from office, and who served until 1990, declining to run for a full term).

Democratic primary

=Candidates=

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Democratic Primary results{{cite web|url=https://apps.azsos.gov/election/1998/Primary/Canvass1998PE.pdf|title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 1998 Primary Election - September 8, 1998|publisher=Arizona Secretary of State|access-date=2024-07-14}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Paul Johnson

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 109,044

| percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 109,044

| percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

Republican primary

=Candidates=

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Republican primary results

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jane Dee Hull (incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 177,324

| percentage = 76.52%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jim Howl

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 30,699

| percentage = 13.25%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Charles Brown

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 23,710

| percentage = 10.23%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 231,733

| percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

Libertarian primary

=Candidates=

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Libertarian primary results

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Katherine Gallant

| party = Arizona Libertarian Party

| votes = 855

| percentage = 51.82%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tom Rawles

| party = Arizona Libertarian Party

| votes = 795

| percentage = 48.18%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 1,650

| percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

Reform primary

=Candidates=

  • Scott Alan Malcomson

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Reform Party primary results

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Scott Alan Malcomson

| party = Reform Party (United States)

| votes = 113

| percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 113

| percentage= 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

General election

=Results=

{{Election box begin | title=Arizona gubernatorial election, 1998{{cite web|url=https://apps.azsos.gov/election/1998/General/Canvass1998GE.pdf|title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 1998 General Election - November 3, 1998|publisher=Arizona Secretary of State|access-date=2024-07-14}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jane Dee Hull (incumbent)

|votes = 620,188

|percentage = 60.95%

|change = +8.41%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Paul Johnson

|votes = 361,552

|percentage = 35.53%

|change = -8.80%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Arizona Libertarian Party

|candidate = Katherine Gallant

|votes = 27,150

|percentage = 2.67%

|change = -0.45%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Reform Party (United States)

|candidate = Scott Malcomson

|votes = 8,371

|percentage = 0.82%

|change = +0.82%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent

|candidate = Alan White (write-in)

|votes = 328

|percentage = 0.03%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent

|candidate = D'Herrera Tapia (write-in)

|votes = 15

|percentage = 0.00%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent

|candidate = Robert B. Winn (write-in)

|votes = 12

|percentage = 0.00%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 258,636

|percentage = 25.42%

|change =

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 1,017,616

|percentage = 100.00%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

|swing = +17.20%

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Results by county =

class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan="2" |County

! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Jane Dee Hull
Republican

! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Paul Johnson
Democratic

! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Katherine Gallant
Libertarian

! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Scott Malcomson
Reform

! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| All Others
Write-in

! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin

! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Total votes
cast

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! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %

! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #

! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %

! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #

! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %

! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #

! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %

! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #

! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %

! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #

! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Apache

| {{party shading/Republican}}|6,832

| {{party shading/Republican}}|44.00%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|7,904

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|50.90%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|561

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|3.61%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|227

| {{party shading/Reform}}|1.46%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|5

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.03%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}

1,072

| {{party shading/Democratic}}

6.90%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|15,529

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Cochise

| {{party shading/Republican}}|15,805

| {{party shading/Republican}}|62.49%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|8,656

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|34.22%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|663

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|2.62%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|164

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.65%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|4

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.02%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|7,149

| {{party shading/Republican}}|28.27%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|25,292

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Coconino

| {{party shading/Republican}}|15,552

| {{party shading/Republican}}|55.53%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|10,866

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|38.80%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|1,334

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|4.76%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|252

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.90%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|3

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.01%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|4,686

| {{party shading/Republican}}|16.73%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|28,007

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Gila

| {{party shading/Republican}}|7,367

| {{party shading/Republican}}|53.10%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|5,982

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|43.12%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|412

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|2.97%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|110

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.79%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|2

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.01%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|1,385

| {{party shading/Republican}}|9.98%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|13,873

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Graham

| {{party shading/Republican}}|4,324

| {{party shading/Republican}}|58.93%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|2,780

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|37.88%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|163

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|2.22%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|70

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.95%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|1

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.01%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|1,544

| {{party shading/Republican}}|21.04%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|7,338

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Greenlee

| {{party shading/Republican}}|1,367

| {{party shading/Republican}}|48.87%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|1,328

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|47.48%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|85

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|3.04%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|17

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.61%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.00%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|39

| {{party shading/Republican}}|1.39%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|2,797

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|La Paz

| {{party shading/Republican}}|1,894

| {{party shading/Republican}}|57.62%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|1,261

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|38.36%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|99

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|3.01%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|33

| {{party shading/Reform}}|1.00%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.00%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|633

| {{party shading/Republican}}|19.26%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|3,287

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Maricopa

| {{party shading/Republican}}|357,308

| {{party shading/Republican}}|62.05%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|198,175

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|34.42%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|15,004

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|2.61%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|5,031

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.87%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|305

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.05%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|159,133

| {{party shading/Republican}}|27.64%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|575,823

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Mohave

| {{party shading/Republican}}|16,255

| {{party shading/Republican}}|55.16%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|12,148

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|41.22%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|795

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|2.70%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|272

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.92%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|1

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.00%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|4,107

| {{party shading/Republican}}|13.94%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|29,471

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Navajo

| {{party shading/Republican}}|11,084

| {{party shading/Republican}}|54.50%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|8,374

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|41.18%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|649

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|3.19%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|226

| {{party shading/Reform}}|1.11%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|4

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.02%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|2,710

| {{party shading/Republican}}|13.33%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|20,337

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Pima

| {{party shading/Republican}}|120,506

| {{party shading/Republican}}|62.28%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|67,533

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|34.90%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|4,370

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|2.26%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|1,077

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.56%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|14

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.01%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|52,973

| {{party shading/Republican}}|27.38%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|193,500

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Pinal

| {{party shading/Republican}}|15,380

| {{party shading/Republican}}|54.07%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|12,072

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|42.44%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|771

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|2.71%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|217

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.76%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|7

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.02%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|3,308

| {{party shading/Republican}}|11.63%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|28,447

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Santa Cruz

| {{party shading/Republican}}|3,029

| {{party shading/Republican}}|51.79%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|2,591

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|44.30%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|175

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|2.99%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|54

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.92%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.00%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|438

| {{party shading/Republican}}|7.49%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|5,849

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Yavapai

| {{party shading/Republican}}|31,631

| {{party shading/Republican}}|65.26%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|14,806

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|30.55%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|1,545

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|3.19%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|478

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.99%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|8

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.02%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|16,825

| {{party shading/Republican}}|34.71%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|48,468

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Yuma

| {{party shading/Republican}}|11,854

| {{party shading/Republican}}|60.49%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|7,076

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|36.11%

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|524

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}|2.67%

| {{party shading/Reform}}|143

| {{party shading/Reform}}|0.73%

| {{party shading/Independent}}|1

| {{party shading/Independent}}|0.01%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|4,778

| {{party shading/Republican}}|24.38%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|19,598

style="text-align:center;"

!Totals!!620,188!!60.95%!!361,552!!35.53%!!27,150!!2.67%!!8,371!!0.82%!!355!!0.03%!!258,636!!25.42%!!1,017,616

==Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican==

See also

  • [http://www.smartvoter.org/1998nov/az/state/vote/johnson_p/bio.html Smart Voter Biography of Paul Johnson]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060213231324/http://www.un.int/usa/ga59-hull-bio.htm Biography of Jane Dee Hull]

References

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{{Arizona gubernatorial elections}}

{{United States general elections, 1998}}

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