Tennessee gubernatorial election, 1998

November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)



Candidate	Don Sundquist	John Jay Hooker
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	669,973	287,750
Percentage	68.6%	29.5%

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Don Sundquist
Republican

Elected Governor

Don Sundquist
Republican

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The Tennessee gubernatorial election of 1998 took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican Don Sundquist ran successfully for re-election to a second term as Governor of Tennessee, defeating Democratic candidate John Jay Hooker.

Results

Tennessee gubernatorial election, 1998^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Sundquist (inc.)	669,973	68.63
	Democratic	John Jay Hooker	287,750	29.48
	Independent	George Alexander Hamilton, Sr.	5,899	0.60
	Independent	Irwin W. Gibbs	4,651	0.48
	Independent	Thomas E. Smith II	1,851	0.19
	Independent	Karl Smithson	1,841	0.19
	N/A	Write-ins	548	0.00
Total votes			976,236	100

References

↑ "State of Tennessee - Governor - November 3, 1998 - General Election" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

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