1998 Ohio gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1998 Ohio gubernatorial election Ohio presidential no 1994 Ohio gubernatorial election 1994 2002 Ohio gubernatorial election 2002 November 3, 1998 150x150px File: Robert Alphonso "Bob" Taft III portrait - DPLA - c9c8211b3a824d8a98f58a7424de143b (cropped).jpg Bob Taft Republican Party (United States) Maureen O'Connor 1,678,721 50.05% File:Lee I. Fisher - 25th District - Ohio Senate 113th General Assembly 1987-1988 - DPLA - 6e2895d536d5909d4a4e5cec2e14ff63 (page 16) (cropped) (cropped).jpg Lee Fisher Democratic Party (United States) Michael B. Coleman 1,498,956 44.69% 1998 Ohio gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 210px County resultsTaft: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Fisher: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Governor George Voinovich Republican Party (United States) Bob Taft Republican Party (United States) 49.81% (registered voters) The 1998 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican Governor of Ohio George Voinovich could not seek a third term due to term limits, and ran for the United States Senate instead. To replace him, former Attorney General of Ohio Lee Fisher and Ohio Secretary of State Bob Taft won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively. Taft and Fisher faced off in a highly competitive general election, and in the end, Taft (a great-grandson of U.S. President and Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft) defeated Fisher. Democratic primary Candidates Lee Fisher, former Ohio attorney general and state senator Results Democratic primary resultsElection Results and Data 1990-1999 Official Election Results Lee Fisher Democratic Party (United States) 663,832 100.00 663,832 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Bob Taft, Ohio secretary of state and former member of the Ohio House of Representatives Results Republican primary resultsElection Results and Data 1990-1999 Official Election Results Bob Taft Republican Party (United States) 691,946 100.00 691,946 100.00 General election Candidates Zanna Feitler (Natural Law) Lee Fisher, former Ohio attorney general and state senator (Democratic) John R. Mitchel (Reform) Bob Taft, Ohio secretary of state and former member of the Ohio House of Representatives (Republican) Polling Poll source Date(s) SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error BobTaft (R) LeeFisher (D) UndecidedLouis Harris and AssociatesCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Ohio 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/OH/polls/OH98G.html CNN 29 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250629053126/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/OH/polls/OH98G.html 29 June 2025 liveLHAOctober 30–31, 1998773 (RV)± 4.0%44%39%17% Harris 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 FiveThirtyEight October 30, 1998 2,149 — 52% 42% 6%Mason-DixonOctober 25–27, 1998815 (LV)± 3.5%49%42%9%Columbus Dispatch October 27, 1998 800 — 47% 46% 7%Louis Harris and AssociatesLHA Poll sponsored by The Blade, The Cincinnati Post, & WLIO-TVOctober 23–26, 1998679 (LV)± 4.0%47%43%10%University of CincinnatiOctober 22–26, 1998754 (LV)± 3.6%51%35%14% Harris Insights & Analytics October 20, 1998 1,793 — 50% 39% 11% Gordon S. Black Corp. October 18, 1998 1,012 — 36% 28% 36%University of CincinnatiOctober 8–18, 1998540 (LV)± 4.2%52%37%11%University of CincinnatiOctober 2–7, 1998405 (LV)± 5.0%46%37%17%Mason-DixonOctober 2–5, 1998805 (LV)± 3.5%48%40%12%University of CincinnatiSeptember 8–20, 1998521 (LV)± 4.3%49%39%12%Mason-DixonSeptember 12–14, 1998817 (LV)± 3.5%44%35%21%University of CincinnatiMay 13 – June 1, 1998560 (RV)± 4.0%52%36%12% Results Ohio gubernatorial election, 1998Election Results and Data 1990-1999 Official Election Results Republican Party (United States) Bob Taft 1,678,721 50.05% -21.72% Democratic Party (United States) Lee Fisher 1,498,956 44.69% +19.71% Reform Party (United States) John R. Mitchel 111,468 3.32% Natural Law Party (United States) Zanna Feitler 65,068 1.94% 179,765 5.36% -41.43% 3,354,213 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Notes Partisan clients References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Bob Taft (R) for Governor Lee Fisher (D) for Governor Gubernatorial 1998 Ohio Category:November 1998 in the United States