Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 1998

Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 1998

November 3, 1998



Candidate	Lincoln Almond	Myrth York	Robert J. Healey
Party	Republican	Democratic	Independent
Popular vote	156,180	129,105	19,250
Percentage	50.97%	42.13%	6.28%

Governor before election

Lincoln Almond
Republican

Elected Governor

Lincoln Almond
Republican

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The 1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Republican Lincoln Almond defeated Democrat Myrth York.

Republican primary

Candidates

Lincoln Almond, incumbent Governor of Rhode Island

Results

Republican Party primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Almond (inc.)	5,510	100.00
Total votes			5,510	100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Myrth York, former Rhode Island State Senator, 1994 Democratic nominee for Governor
Jack Dennison Potter, perennial candidate

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Myrth York	53,561	82.89
	Democratic	Jack Dennison Potter	11,055	17.11
Total votes			64,616	100.00

Cool Moose primary

Robert J. Healey, Jr., businessman and perennial candidate

Reform primary

Joseph Devine, 1992 Reform Party nominee for governor

Election results

Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 1998^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Lincoln Almond (inc.)	156,180	50.97%	+3.59%
	Democratic	Myrth York	129,105	42.13%	-1.41%
	Cool Moose	Robert J. Healey, Jr.	19,250	6.28%
	Reform	Joseph F. Devine	1,848	0.60%
	Write-ins		62	0.02%
Majority			27,075	8.84%	+5.01%
Turnout			306,445
	Republican hold		Swing

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