1998 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in Wisconsin Wisconsin presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1992 2004 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 2004 November 3, 1998 150x150px Russ Feingold official photo.jpg Russ Feingold Democratic Party (United States) 890,059 50.55% Mark Neumann (cropped).jpg Mark Neumann Republican Party (United States) 852,272 48.40% 260px County results 260px Precinct results 1 Feingold: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Neumann: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Tie: #D2B1D9 U.S. Senator Russ Feingold Democratic Party (United States) Russ Feingold Democratic Party (United States) The 1998 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Russ Feingold won re-election to a second term. General election Candidates Tom Ender (Libertarian) Russ Feingold, incumbent U.S. senator since 1993 (Democratic) Eugene A. Hem, former educator (Independent) Mark Neumann, U.S. representative from Milton (Republican) Robert R. Raymond (U.S. Taxpayers) Campaign In September 1997, Neumann announced his candidacy for the United States Senate against Russ Feingold. Both candidates had similar views on the budget surplus, although Neumann was for banning partial-birth abortion while Feingold was against a ban. Both candidates limited themselves to $3.8 million in campaign spending ($1 for every citizen of Wisconsin), although outside groups spent more than $2 million on Neumann; Feingold refused to have outside groups spend their own 'soft money' on his behalf.https://www.pbs.org/newshour/shields%26gigot/october98/sg_10-30.html Online NewsHour: Political Wrap - October 30, 1998 May 21, 2022 March 5, 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20000305162627/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/shields%26gigot/october98/sg_10-30.html dead http://scout.wisc.edu/Projects/PastProjects/net-news/98-11/98-11-04/0002.html Projects | Internet Scout Feingold defeated Neumann by a slim 2% margin in the election. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Neumann had a 30,000 vote margin outside Milwaukee County, but was overwhelmed by a 68,000 vote margin in Milwaukee County.Murphy Bruce GOP edges into Democratic region http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/aug03/159797.asp Milwaukee Journal Sentinel https://web.archive.org/web/20030815083510/http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/aug03/159797.asp 15 August 2003 4 August 2003 dead Polling Poll source Date(s) SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error RussFeingold (D) MarkNeumann (R)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingMarket Shares CorporationFiveThirtyEight'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 - Wisconsin 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/WI/polls/WI98S.html CNN 29 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250629220657/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/WI/polls/WI98S.html 29 June 2025 livePoll sponsored by WTMJ-TVOctober 21–24, 1998600 (LV)± 4.0%46%43%11%FM3 Research (D)Poll conducted for Russ Feingold. pollingOctober 22, 1998599—44%43%13%St. Norbert College Survey CenterPoll sponsored by the Green Bay News-Chronicle & Wisconsin Public RadioOctober 8–20, 1998415 (LV)± 4.8%47%40%13%University of Wisconsin–MilwaukeeOctober 15, 1998286—46%44%10%Journal Sentinel Researchand Public Policy ForumOctober 2–9, 1998314 (LV)± 6.0%50%43%7%WISC-TV/Wisconsin State JournalAugust 7–26, 1998271 (LV)± 5.9%54%30%16%Louis Harris & AssociatesJuly 7–18, 19981,000 (A)± 3.0%49%30%21%WISC-TV/Wisconsin State JournalMay, 1998403 (A)± 5.0%42%31%27%St. Norbert College Survey CenterWPRFebruary 17 – March 24, 1998400 (LV)± 5.0%65%23%12%Journal Sentinel Researchand Public Policy ForumFebruary, 1998497 (LV)± 4.5%56%29%15%St. Norbert College Survey CenterWPR Poll sponsored by Wisconsin Public RadioFall, 1997417 (LV)± 5.0%51%29%20% Results General election results Democratic Party (United States) Russ Feingold (incumbent) 890,059 50.55% Republican Party (United States) Mark Neumann 852,272 48.40% U.S. Taxpayers Robert R. Raymond 7,942 0.45% #A356DE Libertarian Party (United States) Tom Ender 5,591 0.32% Independent (United States) Eugene A. Hem 4,266 0.24% 706 0.04% 1,760,836 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) See also 1998 United States Senate elections 1998 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Notes Partisan clients References United States Senate Wisconsin 1998 Category:Russ Feingold