1998 United States Senate election in Kansas

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in Kansas Kansas presidential no 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas 1996 (special) 2004 United States Senate election in Kansas 2004 November 3, 1998 File:Head shot of Senator Sam Brownback.jpg 150x150px Sam Brownback Republican Party (United States) 474,639 65.27% 3x4.svg Paul Feleciano Democratic Party (United States) 229,718 31.59% 1998 United States Senate election in Kansas results map by county.svg 270px County results Brownback: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Feleciano: #7996e2 50–60% U.S. Senator Sam Brownback Republican Party (United States) Sam Brownback Republican Party (United States) The 1998 United States Senate election in Kansas was held November 3, 1998. Republican incumbent Sam Brownback was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic state senator Paul Feleciano. Brownback was first elected in a special election held in 1996, when then-Senator Bob Dole resigned to campaign for president. Republican primary Candidates Sam Brownback, incumbent U.S. senator since 1996 Results Republican Party primary resultshttp://www.kssos.org/elections/98elec/98prifin.html Kansas Secretary of State - Official 1998 Kansas Primary Election Results Sam Brownback (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 255,747 100.00% 255,747 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates Todd Covault Paul Feleciano, state senator from Wichita and 1990 nominee for Insurance Commissioner Results Democratic primary resultshttp://www.kssos.org/elections/98elec/98prifin.html Kansas Secretary of State - Official 1998 Kansas Primary Election Results Paul Feleciano Democratic Party (United States) 58,097 58.73% Todd Covault Democratic Party (United States) 40,825 41.27% 98,922 100.00% General election Candidates Alvin Bauman (Reform) Sam Brownback, incumbent U.S. senator since 1996 (Republican) Paul Feleciano, state senator from Wichita (Democratic) Tom Oyler (Libertarian) Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error SamBrownback (R) PaulFeleciano Jr. (D) Other / undecidedpolling Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. SurveyUSAFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEight October 28, 1998 500 — 66% 31% 3%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Kansas 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/KS/polls/KS98S.html CNN 26 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250626014151/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/KS/polls/KS98S.html 26 June 2025 liveJuly 6–8, 1998804 (LV)± 3.5%56%26%16% Results General election resultshttps://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm#16 Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Republican Party (United States) Sam Brownback (Incumbent) 474,639 65.27% +11.35% Democratic Party (United States) Paul Feleciano, Jr. 229,718 31.59% -11.74% Libertarian Party (United States) Tom Oyler 11,545 1.59% Reform Party (United States) Alvin Bauman 11,334 1.56% -1.20% 244,921 33.68% +23.10% 727,236 Republican Party (United States) See also 1998 United States Senate elections Notes References United States Senate Kansas 1998