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The 1998 United States Senate election in Arizona was held November 3. Republican incumbent John McCain won re-election to a third term in a landslide.
General election
Candidates
John McCain, incumbent U.S. senator since 1987 (Republican)
Bob Park (Reform)
Ed Ranger, attorneyhttps://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/04/us/the-1998-elections-state-by-state-west-arizona.html The 1998 Elections: State by State -- West; Arizona The New York Times 4 November 1998 Lewin Tamar (Democratic)
John C. Zajac (Libertarian)
Polling
Poll source Date(s) SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error JohnMcCain (R) EdRanger (D) JohnZajac (L)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingHarris Insights & AnalyticsFiveThirtyEight'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 FiveThirtyEightOctober 30, 1998850—64%27%—9%Harris Insights & AnalyticsOctober 20, 1998732—66%18%—16%Rocky Mountain Behavior Research CenterCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Arizona 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/AZ/polls/AZ98S.html CNN 12 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250612025252/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/AZ/polls/AZ98S.html 12 June 2025 liveOctober 12–15, 1998519 (RV)± 4.3%60%18%—22%Rocky Mountain Behavior Research CenterJuly 11–15, 1998532 (RV)± 4.3%58%16%3%23%
Results
General election resulthttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
Republican Party (United States)
John McCain (incumbent)
696,577
68.74%
+12.92%
Democratic Party (United States) Ed Ranger 275,224 27.16% -4.41%
Libertarian Party (United States) John C. Zajac 23,004 2.27% +0.63%
Reform Party (United States) Bob Park 18,288 1.80%
187
0.02%
421,353 41.58% +17.34%
1,013,280
Republican Party (United States)
See also
1998 United States Senate elections
Notes
References
United States Senate
Arizona
1998
Category:John McCain