1998 Nevada gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1998 Nevada gubernatorial election Nevada presidential 1998 11 3 no 1994 Nevada gubernatorial election 1994 2002 Nevada gubernatorial election 2002 File:Kenny Guinn (cropped).jpg 150x150px Kenny Guinn Republican Party (United States) 223,892 51.63% 3x4.svg Democratic Party (United States) Jan Laverty Jones 182,281 42.04% 1998 Nevada gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsGuinn: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Jones: #a5b0ff 40–50% Governor Bob Miller Democratic Party (United States) Kenny Guinn Republican Party (United States) The 1998 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998 to elect the governor of Nevada. Democratic incumbent Bob Miller was term limited and constitutionally ineligible to seek a fourth consecutive term in office. Republican businessman Kenny Guinn defeated Las Vegas mayor Jan Laverty Jones. This was the first open Nevada gubernatorial election since 1978 and also the first time since 1978 that a Republican was elected governor of Nevada. As of 2026, this is also the most recent gubernatorial election in which the Democratic nominee carried any county other than Clark and Washoe. Democratic primary Candidates Caeser D. Adamson Jim Champagne Patrick Matthew "Pat" Fitzpatrick, perennial candidate John Geremia Jan Laverty Jones, mayor of Las Vegas Joe Neal, state senator from North Las Vegas Carlo Poliak, perennial candidate Barbara Scott, public accountant Burvle "Ed" Swindle Results Democratic primary resultshttps://www.nvsos.gov/SOSelectionPages/results/1998Primary/1998PrimaryElectionResults.pdf 1998 Official Primary Election Results Nevada Secretary of State June 26, 2018 Jan Laverty Jones Democratic Party (United States) 62,495 59.62% Joe Neal Democratic Party (United States) 16,646 15.88% None of These Candidates 12,857 12.27% Patrick Matthew "Pat" Fitzpatrick Democratic Party (United States) 3,468 3.31% Barbara Scott Democratic Party (United States) 3,213 3.07% Jim Champagne Democratic Party (United States) 1,964 1.87% Burvle "Ed" Swindle Democratic Party (United States) 1,591 1.52% Caeser D. Adamson Democratic Party (United States) 1,178 1.12% John Geremia Democratic Party (United States) 781 0.75% Carlo Poliak Democratic Party (United States) 630 0.60% 104,823 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Kenny Guinn, businessman Lonnie Hammargren, lieutenant governor of Nevada Aaron Russo, businessman and film producer Bruce Westcott, businessman Results Republican Primary results Kenny Guinn Republican Party (United States) 76,953 58.14% Aaron Russo Republican Party (United States) 34,251 25.88% Lonnie Hammargren Republican Party (United States) 13,410 10.13% None of These Candidates 5,783 4.37% Bruce Westcott Republican Party (United States) 1,956 1.48% 132,353 100.00% General election Candidates Kenny Guinn, businessman (Republican) Chuck Horne (Independent American) Jan Laverty Jones, mayor of Las Vegas (Democratic) Terry C. Savage (Libertarian) Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error JanLaverty Jones (D) KennyGuinn (R) UndecidedMason-Dixon Polling & StrategyFiveThirtyEight'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 FiveThirtyEightCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Nevada 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/NV/polls/NV98G.html CNN 27 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250627041017/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/NV/polls/NV98G.html 27 June 2025 liveOctober 25–27, 1998817 (LV)± 3.5%44%47%9%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategySeptember 25–28, 1998814 (LV)± 3.5%36%51%13%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyAugust 24–26, 1998838 (LV)± 3.5%39%44%17%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyJuly 29 – August 4, 1998837 (LV)± 3.5%37%42%21%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyJune 8–10, 1998808 (LV)± 3.5%34%48%18% Results Nevada gubernatorial election, 19981998 Official General Election Returns https://www.nvsos.gov/SOSelectionPages/results/1998General/1998GeneralElectionResults.pdf Nevada Secretary of State June 26, 2018 Republican Party (United States) Kenny Guinn 223,892 51.63% +10.31% Democratic Party (United States) Jan Laverty Jones 182,281 42.04% -10.65% None of These Candidates 12,641 2.92% +0.60% Independent American Party of Nevada Chuck Horne 7,509 1.73% -0.91% Libertarian Party (United States) Terry C. Savage 7,307 1.69% +0.64% 41,611 9.60% 433,630 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) +20.86% Results by county County Kenny GuinnRepublican Jan Laverty JonesDemocratic None of These Candidates Chuck HorneIndependent American Terry C. SavageLibertarian Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Carson City8,76352.46%6,97641.76%4902.93%2481.48%2771.36%1,78710.70%16,704Churchill4,59363.52%2,13829.57%2183.01%1682.32%1141.58%2,45533.95%7,231Clark125,92649.82%111,64144.17%6,6982.65%4,5801.81%3,9001.54%14,2855.65%252,745Douglas8,78360.92%4,72732.79%4393.04%2401.66%2291.59%4,05628.13%14,418Elko7,35272.95%1,99019.75%2782.76%2552.53%2032.01%5,36253.21%10,078Esmeralda31959.51%13825.75%407.46%244.48%152.80%18133.77%536Eureka46168.50%15122.44%263.86%162.38%192.82%31046.06%673Humboldt2,62762.10%1,27130.05%1754.14%892.10%681.61%1,35632.06%4,230Lander1,33164.58%55126.73%984.75%411.99%401.94%78037.85%2,061Lincoln1,20461.68%54928.13%653.33%1025.23%321.64%65533.56%1,952Lyon5,04254.25%3,57638.48%3183.42%1711.84%1872.01%1,46615.77%9,294Mineral95143.95%1,01246.77%1205.55%482.22%331.52%-61-2.82%2,164Nye4,84451.05%3,88440.93%2702.85%2072.18%2842.99%96010.12%9,489Pershing87656.30%56236.12%634.05%291.86%261.67%31420.18%1,556Storey79047.19%70442.05%855.08%452.69%502.99%865.14%1,674Washoe47,96250.22%41,40943.36%3,1533.30%1,1441.20%1,8421.93%6,5536.86%95,510White Pine2,06862.38%1,00230.23%1053.17%1023.08%381.15%1,06632.16%3,315Totals223,89251.63%182,28142.04%12,6412.92%7,5091.73%7,3071.69%41,6119.60%433,630 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clark Storey Washoe Notes References 1998 Nevada Gubernatorial Category:November 1998 in the United States Category:1998 in Nevada Category:Long stubs with short prose