1998 Arizona gubernatorial election

none related races 1998 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1998 Arizona gubernatorial election Arizona presidential no 1994 Arizona gubernatorial election 1994 2002 Arizona gubernatorial election 2002 November 3, 1998 Jane Dee Hull 2001 cropped.jpg 0.6 Jane Dee Hull Republican Party (United States) 620,188 60.95% Paul Johnson by Gage Skidmore.jpg Paul Johnson Democratic Party (United States) 361,552 35.53% 1998 Arizona gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsHull: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Johnson: #7996e2 50–60% Governor Jane Dee Hull Republican Party (United States) Jane Dee Hull Republican Party (United States) The 1998 Arizona gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998 to elect the governor of Arizona. Republican incumbent Jane Dee Hull was re-elected to a second term in office in a landslide over Phoenix mayor Paul Johnson. Hull became the first woman to win a gubernatorial election in Arizona, although not the first woman to serve as governor of Arizona, a distinction held by Rose Mofford. Background Fife Symington resigned as governor of Arizona on September 5, 1997, following his conviction on seven counts of bank fraud. His resignation elevated Arizona secretary of state Jane Dee Hull to the office of governor. Republican primary Candidates Charles Brown Jim Howl Jane Dee Hull, incumbent governor of Arizona since 1997 Results Republican primary results Jane Dee Hull (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 177,324 76.52% Jim Howl Republican Party (United States) 30,699 13.25% Charles Brown Republican Party (United States) 23,710 10.23% 231,733 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates Paul Johnson, mayor of Phoenix Results Democratic Primary resultshttps://apps.azsos.gov/election/1998/Primary/Canvass1998PE.pdf State of Arizona Official Canvass 1998 Primary Election - September 8, 1998 Arizona Secretary of State 2024-07-14 Paul Johnson Democratic Party (United States) 109,044 100.00% 109,044 100.00% Libertarian primary Candidates Katherine Gallant Tom Rawles, Maricopa County supervisor Results Libertarian primary results Katherine Gallant Arizona Libertarian Party 855 51.82% Tom Rawles Arizona Libertarian Party 795 48.18% 1,650 100.00% Reform primary Candidates Scott Alan Malcomson Results Reform Party primary results Scott Alan Malcomson Reform Party (United States) 113 100.00% 113 100.00% General election Candidates Katherine Gallant (Libertarian) Jane Dee Hull, incumbent governor of Arizona since 1997 (Republican) Paul Johnson, mayor of Phoenix (Democratic) Scott Malcomson (Reform) D'Herrera Tapia (write-in) Alan White (write-in) Robert B. Winn (write-in) Polling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeJane Dee Hull (R)Paul Johnson (D)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, 199885055%38%7%Harris Insights & AnalyticsOctober 20, 199873255%35%10%Behavior Research Center (Rocky Mountain Poll)October 14, 199851953%31%16% Results Arizona gubernatorial election, 1998https://apps.azsos.gov/election/1998/General/Canvass1998GE.pdf State of Arizona Official Canvass 1998 General Election - November 3, 1998 Arizona Secretary of State 2024-07-14 Republican Party (United States) Jane Dee Hull (incumbent) 620,188 60.95% +8.41% Democratic Party (United States) Paul Johnson 361,552 35.53% -8.80% Arizona Libertarian Party Katherine Gallant 27,150 2.67% -0.45% Reform Party (United States) Scott Malcomson 8,371 0.82% +0.82% Independent Alan White (write-in) 328 0.03% Independent D'Herrera Tapia (write-in) 15 0.00% Independent Robert B. Winn (write-in) 12 0.00% 258,636 25.42% 1,017,616 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) +17.20% Results by county County Jane Dee HullRepublican Paul JohnsonDemocratic Katherine GallantLibertarian Scott MalcomsonReform All Others Write-in Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # %Apache6,83244.00%7,90450.90%5613.61%2271.46%50.03%-1,072-6.90%15,529Cochise15,80562.49%8,65634.22%6632.62%1640.65%40.02%7,14928.27%25,292Coconino15,55255.53%10,86638.80%1,3344.76%2520.90%30.01%4,68616.73%28,007Gila7,36753.10%5,98243.12%4122.97%1100.79%20.01%1,3859.98%13,873Graham4,32458.93%2,78037.88%1632.22%700.95%10.01%1,54421.04%7,338Greenlee1,36748.87%1,32847.48%853.04%170.61%00.00%391.39%2,797La Paz1,89457.62%1,26138.36%993.01%331.00%00.00%63319.26%3,287Maricopa357,30862.05%198,17534.42%15,0042.61%5,0310.87%3050.05%159,13327.64%575,823Mohave16,25555.16%12,14841.22%7952.70%2720.92%10.00%4,10713.94%29,471Navajo11,08454.50%8,37441.18%6493.19%2261.11%40.02%2,71013.33%20,337Pima120,50662.28%67,53334.90%4,3702.26%1,0770.56%140.01%52,97327.38%193,500Pinal15,38054.07%12,07242.44%7712.71%2170.76%70.02%3,30811.63%28,447Santa Cruz3,02951.79%2,59144.30%1752.99%540.92%00.00%4387.49%5,849Yavapai31,63165.26%14,80630.55%1,5453.19%4780.99%80.02%16,82534.71%48,468Yuma11,85460.49%7,07636.11%5242.67%1430.73%10.01%4,77824.38%19,598Totals620,18860.95%361,55235.53%27,1502.67%8,3710.82%3550.03%258,63625.42%1,017,616 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Coconino Gila Navajo Pinal Santa Cruz See also Smart Voter Biography of Paul Johnson Biography of Jane Dee Hull Notes References 1998 Category:1998 United States gubernatorial elections Gubernatorial