Tennessee — 1998 governor election
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Akashic1998 · GovernorTennessee · GovernorDon SundquistR+39.2
Candidates
Tennessee 1998 governor — certified statewide results.
- Don Sundquist✓Republican669,97368.6%
- John Jay HookerDemocratic287,75029.5%
- Other candidatesOther18,5131.9%
Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era. Non-major vote restored from this cycle's certified county returns (per_governor_county), which carry the full per-county other; the statewide compilation had stored Democratic + Republican only.
presidential baselinePresident 1996D+2.4Governor 1998R+39.2vs. baselineR+41.6
Tennessee's 1998 governor race ran 41.6 points more Republican than its 1996 presidential margin.
Same ballot, 1998TN
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1998 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.