1998 Connecticut gubernatorial election

none related races 1998 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1998 Connecticut gubernatorial election Connecticut presidential no 1994 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1994 56.59%https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073065883&seq=820 Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1999 CT State Library November 3, 1998 2002 Connecticut gubernatorial election 2002 File:John G. Rowland 1990 congressional photo.jpg 150x150px John G. Rowland Jodi Rell Republican Party (United States) 628,707 62.90% File:Barbarakennelly.jpg Barbara B. Kennelly Joe Courtney Democratic Party (United States) 354,187 35.44% 220px County results 220px Municipality results 220px Congressional district results Rowland: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Kennelly: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor John G. Rowland Republican Party (United States) John G. Rowland Republican Party (United States) The 1998 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998, and incumbent Republican Governor John G. Rowland won re-election against Democratic Candidate United States Congresswoman Barbara B. Kennelly. This election was the first time since 1944 that an incumbent Republican Governor of Connecticut was re-elected. Republican primary Candidates John G. Rowland, incumbent governor since 1995 Results Rowland was unopposed in the Republican primary. Democratic primary Candidates Barbara B. Kennelly, U.S. representative from Hartford Results Kennelly was unopposed in the Democratic primary. General election Candidates Barbara Kennelly, U.S. representative from Hartford (Democratic) Running mate: Joe Courtney, state representative from Vernon John G. Rowland, incumbent governor since 1995 (Republican) Running mate: Jodi Rell, incumbent lieutenant governor since 1995 Roberta Scaglione (Term Limits) Ned Vare (Libertarian) Joseph A. Zdonczyk (Concerned Citizens) Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error JohnRowland (R) BarbaraKennelly (D)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingQuinnipiac University Polling InstituteFiveThirtyEight'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, 1998491—67%26%7%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Connecticut 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CT/polls/CT98G.html CNN 17 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250617044907/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CT/polls/CT98G.html 17 June 2025 liveOctober 26–27, 1998633 (LV)± 4.0%58%33%9%Forman CenterOctober 22, 1998557—51%43%6%Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteOctober 13–19, 1998683 (LV)± 3.8%72%24%4%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 9–12, 1998629 (LV)± 4.0%60%28%12%University of ConnecticutSeptember 12–16, 1998505 (A)± 5.0%60%23%17%Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteJune 16–22, 19981,088 (RV)± 3.0%56%32%12%Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteFebruary 10–16, 19981,303 (RV)± 3.0%52%35%23%Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteNovember 11–17, 19971,120 (RV)± 3.0%43%44%13% Results 1998 Connecticut gubernatorial electionct.gov Republican Party (United States) John G. Rowland (incumbent) 628,707 62.90% +26.70% Democratic Party (United States) Barbara B. Kennelly 354,187 35.44% +2.73% Concerned Citizens Party Joseph A. Zdonczyk 8,792 0.88% +0.01% Libertarian Party (US) Ned Vare 5,637 0.56% N/A Term Limits Roberta Scaglione 2,212 0.22% N/A 999,535 100.00% N/A Republican Party (United States) By congressional district Rowland won all six congressional districts, including four that elected Democrats.https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/1998sovpdf.pdf?rev=5a8602d982ac4a2989a96484ed16f92f&hash=ECDC12D606B6C2611B6B2AF6ABF2C5B0 Statement of Vote Secretary of the State of Connecticut August 26, 2025 live https://web.archive.org/web/20250320011107/https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/1998sovpdf.pdf?rev=5a8602d982ac4a2989a96484ed16f92f&hash=ECDC12D606B6C2611B6B2AF6ABF2C5B0 March 20, 2025 District Rowland Kennelly RepresentativeConnecticut 1 1st56%42%Barbara Kennelly (105th Congress)John Larson (106th Congress)Connecticut 2 2nd 58% 40%Sam GejdensonConnecticut 3 3rd 60% 38%Rosa DeLauroConnecticut 4 4th 63% 35%Chris ShaysConnecticut 5 5th 71% 27%James MaloneyConnecticut 6 6th 68% 30%Nancy Johnson Notes Partisan clients References Gubernatorial 1998 Connecticut Category:November 1998 in the United States Category:1998 in Connecticut